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Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons.

Emil Karpinski, Sina Baleka, Andrew R Boehm, Tim Fedak, Chris Widga, Hendrik N Poinar

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Emil KarpinskiDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9463-2636
Sina BalekaMcMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Departments of Biochemistry and Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8850-9420
Andrew R BoehmMuseum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Tim FedakNova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax, NS BH3 3A6, Canada.
Chris WidgaEarth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2961-0078
Hendrik N PoinarMcMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Departments of Biochemistry and Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0314-4160

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ancient DNA has been useful in reconciling deep evolutionary relationships and responses to ecological changes in proboscideans. Here, we report the sequencing of a mitochondrial genome from a morphologically distinct Pacific mastodon, as well as from six eastern American mastodons with ages that range through the Middle and Late Pleistocene. We show that Pacific mastodons fall within a deeply divergent mitochondrial clade, extending the range of this species into western Canada and potentially Mexico. We also present evidence for at least three discrete expansion events into northeastern coastal regions and identify two new mastodon clades, which contain temporally distinct but geographically colocalized specimens. We integrate these findings with those of previous work into a comprehensive model of

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ClimateGenetic SpeciationAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialGenome, MitochondrialPhylogenyPhylogeographyDNA, Mitochondrial

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