Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin

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World-first study decodes the DNA structure of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth sample

Legs of a juvenile female woolly mammoth named Yuka. Love Dalén, Stockholm University, Author providedIn a world-first study, we have revealed and analysed remarkably preserved fragments of ancient DNA from the skin of a woolly mammoth. For the first time, we’ve been able to understand how the genetic instructions for this extinct species were organised inside its cells. This is known as genome architecture – the three-dimensional arrangement of…

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Scientists have succeeded in mapping how the chromosomes of mammoths looked like..

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First ancient chromosomes reconstructed from 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth

An incredibly well-preserved woolly mammoth specimen that died 52,000 years ago in Siberia has now had its chromosome structure reassembled for the first time.

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Woolly Mammoth Skin "Freeze-Dried" For 52,000 Years Delivers First-Ever 3D Chromosomes

A scientific magic trick that pulled a lot more than a coin from behind the mammoth's ear.

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Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin

A piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from permafrost has been found to contain fossilized chromosomes, making it possible to assemble the genome of extinct species.

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For the first time, scientists have shown that the three-dimensional architecture of chromosomes could be preserved, under very special conditions. A discovery that opens a window into the past, on the biology of extinct species.