MWVG workshop on species identification
This repository contains data generated from samples analyzed during the ICAZ Microvertebrate Working Group workshop, held in September 2024 in Warsaw, Poland.  Small mammal assemblages from Pleistocene sites are a valuable source of paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic information. These reconstructions typically rely on the taxonomic identification of specimens based on morphological features, a task carried out by trained paleontologists.  The goal of the workshop was to assess the accuracy of such morphological identifications by comparing taxonomic assignments of vole species - based on the occlusal surface of molar teeth - with those derived from mitochondrial DNA extracted and sequenced from the same specimens.
This repository contains data generated from samples analyzed during the ICAZ Microvertebrate Working Group workshop, held in September 2024 in Warsaw, Poland.  Small mammal assemblages from Pleistocene sites are a valuable source of paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic information. These reconstructions typically rely on the taxonomic identification of specimens based on morphological features, a task carried out by trained paleontologists.  The goal of the workshop was to assess the accuracy of such morphological identifications by comparing taxonomic assignments of vole species - based on the occlusal surface of molar teeth - with those derived from mitochondrial DNA extracted and sequenced from the same specimens.
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