Publications by authors named "Jesper T Stenderup"
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- The extinction of large-bodied mammals during the Late Quaternary is influenced by both climate and human activities, with ongoing debates about their relative impact.
- Different species, including the woolly rhinoceros and wild horse, respond uniquely to climate change and human encroachment, indicating that the factors behind extinction are complex.
- No clear genetic or range dynamics distinguish extinct species from those that survived, making it difficult to predict how current mammals will react to future environmental changes.
The evolutionary history of Branchiopoda (Crustacea) traditionally has attracted considerable interest due to the diversity of the group. Recently molecular methods have been applied to the study of branchiopod systematics with some success, but central questions, such as the phylogenetic position of Laevicaudata and Notostraca, and the intrinsic cladoceran phylogeny, remain unanswered. We examined the phylogeny of Branchiopoda by using two genes, mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear 28S rRNA, which previously have seen little use for inferring branchiopod phylogeny.
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