The phylogenetic position of the ‘giant deer’ Megaloceros giganteus

A. M. Lister, C. J. Edwards, D. A. W. Nock, M. Bunce, I. A. van Pijlen, D. G. Bradley, M. G. Thomas and I. Barnes ()
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A. M. Lister: University College London
C. J. Edwards: Trinity College
D. A. W. Nock: University College London
M. Bunce: Oxford University
I. A. van Pijlen: University College London
D. G. Bradley: Trinity College
M. G. Thomas: University College London
I. Barnes: University College London

Nature, 2005, vol. 438, issue 7069, 850-853

Abstract: Old deers: long-lost relatives The relationship between today's deer species and the extinct giant deer or Irish elk, a source of controversy for many years, has been resolved using mitochondrial DNA sequencing. DNA and morphological data were taken from a fossil record that extends from 400,000 years ago to extinction about 8,000 years ago, and across Europe from Ireland to western Siberia. The results support an early idea, based insufficiently on general antler shape, that the largest deer that ever lived was more closely related to today's much smaller fallow deer than to wapiti and red deer.

Date: 2005
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