Publications by authors named "Marie L Z Mendoza"
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- Lions are facing significant conservation challenges due to their declining populations, despite previously being seen as a stable species.
- Researchers utilized non-invasive techniques to analyze mitochondrial genomes from lion hair samples in the Gabonese Plateaux to better understand this specific population.
- The findings revealed that the Plateaux Batéké lion is closely related to both extinct lion populations in Gabon and Congo, as well as to current lion populations in Southern Africa, showcasing the potential of ancient DNA methods for conservation efforts.
During the Last Glacial Maximum, continental ice sheets isolated Beringia (northeast Siberia and northwest North America) from unglaciated North America. By around 15 to 14 thousand calibrated radiocarbon years before present (cal. kyr bp), glacial retreat opened an approximately 1,500-km-long corridor between the ice sheets.
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