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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 ...
Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a woolly mammoth ...
Researchers from Stockholm University have—for the first time ever—managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules ...
WOOLLY mammoths are a step closer to coming back from the dead after RNA from a 39,000-year-old carcass was found. The Ice ...
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This 39,000-Year-Old Mammoth Holds the World’s Oldest Preserved RNA
RNA usually breaks down quickly, often within hours after death. Before this study, the oldest recovered RNA came from a ...
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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