News tagged with mammoth genome

Mammoth Achievement: Researchers at the forefront of molecular biology

Forget Jurassic Park. By successfully sequencing the DNA of a long-extinct species, Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller have helped push back the boundaries of molecular biology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mobile DNA elements in woolly mammoth genome give new clues to mammalian evolution

The woolly mammoth died out several thousand years ago, but the genetic material they left behind is yielding new clues about the evolution of mammals. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have analyz ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1