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The phylogenetic position of the ‘giant deer’ Megaloceros giganteus

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  • A. M. Lister

    (University College London)

  • C. J. Edwards

    (Trinity College)

  • D. A. W. Nock

    (University College London
    MRC Clinical Trials Unit)

  • M. Bunce

    (Oxford University
    MRC Clinical Trials Unit)

  • I. A. van Pijlen

    (University College London
    University of Leicester)

  • D. G. Bradley

    (Trinity College)

  • M. G. Thomas

    (University College London)

  • I. Barnes

    (University College London)

Abstract

Old deers: long-lost relatives The relationship between today's deer species and the extinct giant deer or Irish elk, a source of controversy for many years, has been resolved using mitochondrial DNA sequencing. DNA and morphological data were taken from a fossil record that extends from 400,000 years ago to extinction about 8,000 years ago, and across Europe from Ireland to western Siberia. The results support an early idea, based insufficiently on general antler shape, that the largest deer that ever lived was more closely related to today's much smaller fallow deer than to wapiti and red deer.

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  • A. M. Lister & C. J. Edwards & D. A. W. Nock & M. Bunce & I. A. van Pijlen & D. G. Bradley & M. G. Thomas & I. Barnes, 2005. "The phylogenetic position of the ‘giant deer’ Megaloceros giganteus," Nature, Nature, vol. 438(7069), pages 850-853, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:438:y:2005:i:7069:d:10.1038_nature04134
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04134
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