No Reliable Evidence Supports the Presence of Javan Tigers - Data Issues Related to the DNA Analysis of a Recent Hair Sample
Z.-Y. Sui, N. Yamaguchi, Y.-C. Liu, H.-R. Xue, X. Sun, P. Nyhus, S.-J. Luo
The paper reanalyzes mtDNA data from a claimed Javan tiger hair sample and finds the sequences likely represent nuclear mitochondrial DNA with high mismatches, indicating unreliable data.
bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2024Zoology