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First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens

  • 1. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, UA, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon - CP 51 - 75005 Paris, France.
  • 2. Anville - 17750 Etaules, France.
  • 3. 92210 Saint Cloud, France.
  • 4. Former address: Direction Générale Déléguée aux Musées, Jardins Botaniques et Zoologiques, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier - 75005 Paris, France.
  • 5. Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, UMR 7204 MNHN CNRS-UPMC, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle - 75005 Paris, France.

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Petzold, Alice, Magnant, Anne-Sophie, Edderai, David, Chardonnet, Bertrand, Rigoulet, Jacques, Saint-Jalme, Michel, Hassanin, Alexandre (2020): First insights into past biodiversity of giraffes based on mitochondrial sequences from museum specimens. European Journal of Taxonomy 703: 1-33, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.703

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