Musiani said the research demonstrates that the animals are not as different from a genetic point of view as some might think given the geographic spread of reindeer and caribou. (sciencedaily.com)
This is significantly older than previous estimates based on mtDNA, confirming recent observations from autosomal markers that brown and polar bears from a genetic point of view represent highly distinct species. (sciencedaily.com)
«Once we accounted for some local intermingling, the Ulchi and the ancient hunter - gatherers appeared to be almost the same population from a genetic point of view, even though there are thousands of years between them.» (sciencedaily.com)