Evolutionary history and palaeoecology of brown bear in North-East Siberia re-examined using ancient DNA and stable isotopes from skeletal remains
Alba Rey-Iglesia, Ana García-Vázquez, Eve C. Treadaway, Johannes van der Plicht, Gennady F. Baryshnikov, Paul Szpak, Hervé Bocherens, Gennady G. Boeskorov & Eline D. Lorenzen
Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 4462 (2019)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40168-7
The mtDNA of extant polar bears (Ursus maritimus), clade 2b, is embedded within brown bears and is most closely related to clade 2a, the ABC brown bears18.
Common Design 