This is the blog for GW students taking Human Evolutionary Genetics. This site is for posting interesting tidbits on: the patterns and processes of human genetic variation;human origins and migration; molecular adaptations to environment, lifestyle and disease; ancient and forensic DNA analyses; and genealogical reconstructions.

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Ancient mammoth DNA could help save threatened elephants





Could elephant-mammoth hybrids roam the tundra? Researchers analyze the genes of several elephant species, and find genes from their extinct ancestors could help save them. An international team of scientists on Monday published the most detailed look yet at the genetic makeup of several different species of elephants, including extinct giants mammoths and mastodons.

Carly Johnson
https://www.cnet.com/news/woolly-mammoth-genes-study-traces-path-to-elephant-hybrid/

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