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dc.contributor.authorSlater, Graham
dc.contributor.authorScheel, Dirk-Martin
dc.contributor.authorKolokotronis, Sergios-Orestis
dc.contributor.authorPotter, Charles
dc.contributor.authorRotstein, David
dc.contributor.authorTsangaras, Kyriakos
dc.contributor.authorGreenwood, Alex
dc.contributor.authorHelgen, Kristofer M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-25T19:28:10Z
dc.date.available2022-08-25T19:28:10Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-14
dc.identifier.citationScheel DM, Slater GJ, Kolokotronis SO, Potter CW, Rotstein DS, Tsangaras K, Greenwood AD, Helgen KM. Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology. Zookeys. 2014 May 14;(409):1-33. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.409.6244. PMID: 24899841; PMCID: PMC4042687.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1313-2989
dc.identifier.eissn1313-2970
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/zookeys.409.6244
dc.identifier.pmid24899841
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7515
dc.description.abstractExtinctions and declines of large marine vertebrates have major ecological impacts and are of critical concern in marine environments. The Caribbean monk seal, Monachus tropicalis, last definitively reported in 1952, was one of the few marine mammal species to become extinct in historical times. Despite its importance for understanding the evolutionary biogeography of southern phocids, the relationships of M. tropicalis to the two living species of critically endangered monk seals have not been resolved. In this study we present the first molecular data for M. tropicalis, derived from museum skins. Phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b sequences indicates that M. tropicalis was more closely related to the Hawaiian rather than the Mediterranean monk seal. Divergence time estimation implicates the formation of the Panamanian Isthmus in the speciation of Caribbean and Hawaiian monk seals. Molecular, morphological and temporal divergence between the Mediterranean and "New World monk seals" (Hawaiian and Caribbean) is profound, equivalent to or greater than between sister genera of phocids. As a result, we classify the Caribbean and Hawaiian monk seals together in a newly erected genus, Neomonachus. The two genera of extant monk seals (Monachus and Neomonachus) represent old evolutionary lineages each represented by a single critically endangered species, both warranting continuing and concerted conservation attention and investment if they are to avoid the fate of their Caribbean relative.en_US
dc.publisherPensoft Publishersen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3807en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectAnimal Science and Zoologyen_US
dc.subjectEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematicsen_US
dc.subjectAncient DNAen_US
dc.subjectPanamanian Seawayen_US
dc.subjectPhocidaeen_US
dc.subjectextinctionen_US
dc.subjectmitochondrial DNAen_US
dc.subjectsystematicsen_US
dc.titleBiogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphologyen_US
dc.typeArticle/Reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitleZooKeysen_US
dc.source.volume409
dc.source.beginpage1
dc.source.endpage33
dc.description.versionVoRen_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-25T19:28:11Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Downstateen_US
dc.description.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatisticsen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US


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