Million-year-old DNA provides a glimpse of mammoth evolution

Alfred L. Roca ()

Nature, 2021, vol. 591, issue 7849, 208-209

Abstract: DNA has been retrieved from mammoth specimens that are more than one million years old. Comparing the genomes of these animals and their descendants provides insights into the changes that occurred as one species evolved into another.

Keywords: Genomics; Evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-00348-w

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