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Scientists Extract the Oldest RNA Ever Found, Revealing How a Woolly Mammoth’s Genes May Have Functioned 40,000 Years Ago
Almost 40,000 years ago, a juvenile woolly mammoth died in modern-day Siberia. Today, its long-frozen remains have yielded ...
A collaborative study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, and University of Southern California reports ...
While sifting through the juvenile mammoth’s genetic materials for traces of RNA, the team made another surprising discovery: ...
The never-before-seen biological snapshot provides insight into the young mammoth's final moments, expanding our knowledge of ...
Mármol and his colleagues extracted RNA sequences from the muscles and skin of 10 permafrozen woolly mammoth specimens found ...
Two complementary studies led by researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS ...
Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...
Researchers from Stockholm University have—for the first time ever—managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules ...
Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a woolly mammoth ...
Scientists examine the mummified remains of a 39,000-year-old mammoth nicknamed Yuka, whose tissue yielded ancient RNA in a ...
New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.
A 40,000-year-old juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka is not only remarkable because she was uncovered nearly intact or her ...
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