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Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk.
Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Hybridization of Atlantic puffins in the Arctic coincides with 20th-century climate change.Science advances · 2023Article
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- Are Skyline Plot-Based Demographic Estimates Overly Dependent on Smoothing Prior Assumptions?Systematic biology · 2021Article
- Ancient DNA SNP-panel data suggests stability in bluefin tuna genetic diversity despite centuries of fluctuating catches in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- AuthentiCT: a model of ancient DNA damage to estimate the proportion of present-day DNA contamination.Genome biology · 2020Article
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Abstract
The great auk was once abundant and distributed across the North Atlantic. It is now extinct, having been heavily exploited for its eggs, meat, and feathers. We investigated the impact of human hunting on its demise by integrating genetic data, GPS-based ocean current data, and analyses of population viability. We sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes of 41 individuals from across the species' geographic range and reconstructed population structure and population dynamics throughout the Holocene. Taken together, our data do not provide any evidence that great auks were at risk of extinction prior to the onset of intensive human hunting in the early 16
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