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Ancient DNA and island endemics

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  1. Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20008, USA

    Alan Cooper, Carl E. Mclntosh, Michael D. Sorenson & Robert C. Fleischer

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634, USA

    Judith Rhymer

  3. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA

    Helen F. James & Storrs L. Olson

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Cooper, A., Rhymer, J., James, H. et al. Ancient DNA and island endemics. Nature 381, 484 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381484a0

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