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Table 1 Information on bone samples utilized in aDNA studies, with 14C age estimates

From: Late Quaternary loss of genetic diversity in muskox (Ovibos)

Haplotype Groupinga

aDNA Sample Designation

Specimen Institutional Numberb

Agec

Dating Lab Numberd

Cyt b Repse

HV Repse

Specimen

Locality

EH group

OMTai95

CME 2000/125

44,760 ± 1700

B177044

1x/1x

1x/0x

skull

Lake Taimyr, Taimyr Pen.

 

OMBolL15564

ZIN 15564

40,270 ± 450

B193436

2x/2x

4x/3x

skull

Bol'shoi Lyakhovski I., New Siberian Is.

 

OMTai39

CME 2000/002

22,550 ± 100

B148652

2x/2x

2x/2x

metapodial

Lake Taimyr, Taimyr Pen.

 

OMTai14

CME unnumb.

22,360 ± 80

B156194

1x/1x

2x/2x

metapodial

Lake Taimyr, Taimyr Pen.

 

OMTai46

CME 2000/102

19.230 ± 80

B148627

2x/2x

2x/3x

atlas

Lake Taimyr, Taimyr Pen.

 

OMTai38

CME 2000/126

18,310 ± 70

B148628

2x/2x

2x/2x

horn sheath

Lake Taimyr, Taimyr Pen.

SH group

OMWra2

ZIN unnumb.

22,280 ± 120

B193434

0x/2x

0x/2x

unspecified

Wrangel I., Chuckchi Sea

 

OMYak12

ZIN unnumb.

15,610 ± 80

B193435

0x/1x

0x/2x

pelvis

Anabar R., Yakutia

 

OMTai31670

ZIN 31670

3,790 ± 80f

LU 52

0x/0x

1x/2x

skull

Cape Chelyuskin, Taimyr Pen.

 

OMYuk01

CMN 36137

3,280 ± 90h

I10985

2x/2x

2x/2x

skull

Sixtymile Creek, Yukon

 

OMTai23658

ZIN 23658

2,970 ± 40g

B157714

2x/2x

2x/5x

skull

Cape Chelyuskin, Taimyr Pen.

 

OMArA09

CMN 17674

2,520 ± 100h

I3577

0x/0x

0x/1x

horncore

Banks I., Arctic Archipelago

 

OMArA03

CMN 34515

2,400 ± 40

B179009

2x/2x

2x/2x

skull

Bathurst I., Arctic Archipelago

 

OMYuk02

CMN 17678

1,020 ± 40

B179008

0x/1x

0x/1x

horn core

Herschel I., Yukon

 

OMArA05

CMN 49941

700 ± 70h

TO2703

2x/2x

2x/2x

humerus

Axel Heiberg I., Arctic Archipelago

 

OMArA04

CMN 17676

160 ± 40

B195369

2x/2x

2x/2x

horncore

Banks I., Arctic Archipelago

 

OMModC1

male zoo animal

(modern)

-

1x/1x

-

hair

Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich

  1. Notes. – aEH, extinct haplotype group; SH, surviving haplotype group (see text). For clarity, in table EH and SH samples are separated by a horizontal line; italics distinguish Pleistocene samples.
  2. bInstitutional abbreviations: CME, Cerpolex/Mammuthus Expeditions, Khatanga; CMN, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa; ZIN, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
  3. cIn 14C yrbp ± 1 σ (not δ13C corrected).
  4. dRadiocarbon dating lab abbreviations: B, Beta Analytic, Inc.; TO, IsoTrace Laboratories, University of Toronto; I, Isotopes (Teledyne); LU, Geological Institute, Leningrad State University.
  5. eEntries indicate whether sequence was obtained for each of 2 overlapping fragments; number indicates number of times bases in fragments were separately covered by PCRs (e.g., 2x/2x indicates each overlapping fragment was amplified and sequenced twice independently).
  6. fC.R. Harington (pers. commun.), correcting date of "3800 ± 200 yrbp" reported by [43].
  7. gAlso dated by Harington [44], who reported an age estimate of 2910 ± 95 yrbp.
  8. hAs reported by Harington [44].