Mylodon darwinii is the extinct giant ground sloth named after Charles Darwin, who first
collected its remains in South America. We have successfully obtained a high-quality …

Living sloths represent two distinct lineages of small-sized mammals that independently
evolved arboreality from terrestrial ancestors. The six extant species are the survivors of an …

Background The derivation of domestic cattle from the extinct wild aurochs (Bos primigenius)
has been well-documented by archaeological and genetic studies. Genetic studies point …

Preserved hair has been increasingly used as an ancient DNA source in high throughput
sequencing endeavors, and it may actually offer several advantages compared to more …

Macroevolutionary trends exhibited by retroviruses are complex and not entirely understood.
The sloth endogenized foamy-like retrovirus (SloEFV), which demonstrates incongruence in …

The living tree sloths Choloepus and Bradypus are the only remaining members of Folivora,
a major xenarthran radiation that occupied a wide range of habitats in many parts of the …

Retrieving a large amount of genetic information from extinct species was demonstrated
feasible, but complete mitochondrial genome sequences have only been deciphered for the …

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Although protocols exist for the recovery of ancient DNA from land snail and marine bivalve
shells, marine conch shells have yet to be studied from a paleogenomic perspective. We first …

Species that went extinct prior to the genomic era are often considered out-of-reach for
modern phylogenetic studies. This is particularly limiting for conservation studies, as genetic …