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Mobile DNA Elements In Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues To Mammalian Evolution

ScienceDaily (June 9, 2009) — 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 analyzed the mammoth genome looking for mobile DNA elements, revealing new insights into how some of these elements arose in mammals and shaped the genome of an animal headed for extinction.

 

Mobile DNA Elements In Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues To Mammalian Evolution

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