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Sep. 28, 2007
Hunting Mammoth DNA
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| A research team has managed to extract DNA from a strand of mammoth hair. The old hair, they say, is a better source of the ancient DNA than trying to extract it from old bone or muscle samples. What can the findings tell us about how mammoths lived -- and can the technique be used to learn more about other prehistoric animals? |
Produced by Karin Vergoth
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Tom Gilbert
Assistant Professor, Biological Institute
Centre for Ancient Genetics
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
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