Ancient DNA reveals multiple origins and migration waves of extinct Japanese brown bear lineages.
Takahiro Segawa,
Takahiro Yonezawa,
Hiroshi Mori,
Ayumi Akiyoshi,
Morten E Allentoft,
Ayako Kohno,
Fuyuki Tokanai,
Eske Willerslev,
Naoki Kohno,
Hidenori Nishihara
Sep 02, 2021
Little is known about how mammalian biogeography on islands was affected by sea-level fluctuations. In the Japanese Archipelago, brown bears (Ursus arctos) currently inhabit only Hokkaido, the northern island, but Pleistocene...