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We have a new paper out in Mammalian Biology. We verified a specimen from the Natural History Museum London as blue antelope by using #ancientDNA 🧬. This makes 5 DNA-validated historical specimens and likely at least 6 in total. 🧪

It is open access 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00373-4

#evobio
Assessing the identity of rare historical museum specimens of the extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus...
The blue antelope or bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus) is an extinct species of antelope that lived in South Africa until ca. 1799–1800. Disappearing only 34 years after it was described, it was th...
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September 15, 2023 at 5:46 AM