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Pygoscelis adeliae

Adelie Penguin

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Containing group: Sphenisciformes

Characteristics

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Other Names for Pygoscelis adeliae

References

Ainley, D. G. 2002. The Adélie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change. Columbia University Press, New York, Chichester.

Ainley, D. G., R. E. LeResche, and W. J. L. Sladen. 1983. Breeding Biology of the Adélie Penguin. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Lambert, D. M., P. A. Ritchie, C. D. Millar, B. Holland, A. J. Drummond, and C. Baroni. 2002. Rates of Evolution in Ancient DNA from Adélie Penguins. Science 295(5563):2197.

Ritchie, P.A., C.D. Millar, G.C. Gibb, C. Baroni and D.M. Lambert. 2004. Ancient DNA enables timing of the pleistocene origin and holocene expansion of two Adelie Penguin lineages in Antarctica. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21 :240–248.

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Scientific Name Pygoscelis adeliae
Location Gourdin Island, Antarctica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Family
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Scientific Name Pygoscelis adeliae
Location Antarctica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Copyright © 2006 Amanda Graham
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