{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "a87918b40ebd4bde9e6fb7e8c6ee0e9b", "timestamp": "2026-08-25T23:23:20.318Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/a87918b40ebd4bde9e6fb7e8c6ee0e9b.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/a87918b40ebd4bde9e6fb7e8c6ee0e9b"}}, "title": "Response to comment on \"Nuclear genomic sequences reveal that polar bears are an old and distinct bear lineage\".", "authors": [{"family": "Hailer", "given": "Frank", "initials": "F"}, {"family": "Kutschera", "given": "Verena E", "initials": "VE"}, {"family": "Hallstr\u00f6m", "given": "Bj\u00f6rn M", "initials": "BM"}, {"family": "Fain", "given": "Steven R", "initials": "SR"}, {"family": "Leonard", "given": "Jennifer A", "initials": "JA"}, {"family": "Arnason", "given": "Ulfur", "initials": "U"}, {"family": "Janke", "given": "Axel", "initials": "A"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2013-03-29", "journal": {"title": "Science (New York, N.Y.)", "issn": "1095-9203", "volume": "339", "issue": "6127", "pages": "1522", "issn-l": "0036-8075"}, "abstract": "Nakagome et al. reanalyzed some of our data and assert that we cannot refute the mitochondrial DNA-based scenario for polar bear evolution. Their single-locus test statistic is strongly affected by introgression and incomplete lineage sorting, whereas our multilocus approaches are better suited to recover the true species relationships. Indeed, our sister-lineage model receives high support in a Bayesian model comparison.", "doi": "10.1126/science.1228066", "pmid": "23539581", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pii", "key": "339/6127/1522-b"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-08-21T12:22:47.915Z", "modified": "2026-08-21T12:22:47.946Z"}