First 3D Chromosomes Found in 52,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Skin
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Scientists have successfully created a 3D reconstruction of 52,000-year-old chromosomes from freeze-dried woolly mammoth skin found in Siberia, revealing active genes in the skin cells when the mammoth was alive. This groundbreaking achievement in ancient DNA research could aid efforts to de-extinct the mammoth by integrating its genes into modern elephants.
Topics:science#3d-chromosomes#ancient-dna#de-extinction#genetic-reconstruction#science#woolly-mammoth
- Woolly Mammoth Skin "Freeze-Dried" For 52,000 Years Delivers First-Ever 3D Chromosomes IFLScience
- A Mammoth First: 52,000-Year-Old DNA, in 3-D The New York Times
- Baylor scientists discover fossil chromosomes in woolly mammoths, a 'new tool' to study ancient life Houston Chronicle
- Meet the Mulleted, Freeze-Dried Woolly Mammoth that Yielded the First Ever Fossilized Chromosomes Scientific American
- Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin CNN
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