World-first study decodes the DNA structure of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth sample
- Written by: Parwinder Kaur, Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia
Legs of a juvenile female woolly mammoth named Yuka.Love Dalén, Stockholm University, Author providedIn a world-first study, we have revealed and analysed remarkably preserved fragments of ancient DNA from the skin of a woolly mammoth.
For the first time, we’ve been able to understand how the genetic instructions for this extinct...
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