%0 Journal Article
%A Hofreiter, Michael
%A Serre, David
%A Rohland, Nadin
%A Rabeder, Gernot
%A Nagel, Doris
%A Conard, Nicholas J.
%A Münzel, Susanne
%A Pääbo, Svante
%+ Junior Research Group on Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Junior Research Group on Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Lack of phylogeography in European mammals before the last glaciation : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0010-0479-A
%F EDOC: 200651
%R 10.1073/pnas.0403618101
%D 2004
%8 31.08.2004
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X In many extant animal and plant species in Europe and North America a correlation exists between the geographical location of individuals and the genetic relatedness of the mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences that they carry. Here, we analyze mtDNA sequences from cave bears, brown bears, cave hyenas, and Neandertals in Europe before the last glacial maximum and fail to detect any phylogeographic patterns similar to those observed in extant species. We suggest that at the beginning of the last glacial maximum, little phylogeographic patterns existed in European mammals over most of their geographical ranges and that current phylogeographic patterns are transient relics of the last glaciation. Cycles of retreat of species in refugia during glacial periods followed by incomplete dispersal from one refugium into other refugia during interglacial periods is likely to be responsible for the deep genetic divergences between phylogeographic clusters of mtDNA seen today. 
%K ancient DNA, glacial refugia, mitochondrial DNA, Pleistocene, population structure

%J PNAS
%V 101
%N 35
%& 12963
%P 12963 - 12968