Researchers Map Entire Genomes of Woolly Mammoths, Revealing More Clues to Cause of Extinction, Raising Possibility of Bringing Mammoths Back
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
An international team of researchers has sequenced the nearly complete genome of two Siberian woolly mammoths--revealing the most complete picture to date--including new information about the species' evolutionary history and the conditions that led to its mass extinction at the end of the Ice Age.