3D genome of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth reconstructed using a groundbreaking technique, first for a complex extinct species.
Researchers reconstructed the 3D genome of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth using a groundbreaking technique, successfully capturing the original geometry of long stretches of DNA. This marks the first time scientists have been able to create a 3D version of the genome of a complex extinct species. The findings, published in the journal Cell, offer new insights into the mammoth's biology and may aid efforts to breed a living version of the extinct animal.
July 11, 2024
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