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Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth
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Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth Rob Stein, All Things Considered, NPR, MArch 6, 2024 Woolly mammoth de-extinction inches closer after elephant stem cell breakthrough By Sascha Pare, LiveScience Scientists at the company Colossal Biosciences have derived induced pluripotent stem cells from elephants, which they say could boost efforts to resurrect woolly mammals Yours, Paul H.-
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Two ancient wolf populations contributed to origin of modern dogs
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Two ancient wolf populations which evolved into man’s best friend. DNA study closes in on solving the mystery of where and when dogs were domesticated. Imma Perfetto, Cosmos. The open access paper is: Bergström, A., Stanton, D.W., Taron, U.H., Frantz, L., Sinding, M.H.S., Ersmark, E., Pfrengle, S., Cassatt-Johnstone, M., Lebrasseur, O., Girdland-Flink, L. and Fernandes, D.M., 2022. Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs. Nature, 607(7918), pp.313-320. Another article is: Shrinking bodies and shrinking brains The transition from ancient wolves to small dogs was a simple one, but domestication may have whittled away cats’ brains. Jamie Preist, Cosmos, January 22, 2022 Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Dogs were domesticated once from a lost population of wolves
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Dogs were domesticated once from a lost population of wolves Our history with dogs is complicated, according to a study of ancient dog DNA.Kiona N. Smith, Ares technica, Oct. 29, 2020 Anders Bergström1, Laurent Frantz, Ryan Schmidt, and others 2020, Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs Science 30 Oct 2020: Vol. 370, Issue 6516, pp. 557-564 Yours,, Paul H. -
On the use and abuse of ancient DNA. Researchers in several disciplines need to tread carefully over shared landscapes of the past. Ewen Callaway, Nature. March 18, 2018 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03773-6 Some related articles are: Editorial: On the use and abuse of ancient DNA. Researchers in several disciplines need to tread carefully over shared landscapes of the past. Nature 555, 559 (2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03857-3 sex, power and ancient DNA. Turi King hails David Reich’s thrilling account of mapping humans through time and place. Ewen Callaway, Nature. March 13, 2018 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02964-5 and Ancient-genome study finds Bronze Age ‘Beaker culture’ invaded Britain. Famous bell-shaped pots associated with group of immigrants who may have displaced Neolithic farmers. Ewen Callaway, Nature, May 17, 2017 https://www.nature.com/news/ancient-genome-study-finds-bronze-age-beaker-culture-invaded-britain-1.21996 Yours, Paul H.
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Researchers Sequence Complete Genomes of Extinct and Living Elephants
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Researchers sequence complete genomes of extinct and living elephants, McMaster University, February 26, 2018, https://phys.org/news/2018-02-sequence-genomes-extinct-elephants.html The paper is: Eleftheria Palkopoulou, Mark Lipson, and others, 2018, A comprehensive genomic history of extinct and living elephants PNAS 2018; published ahead of print February 26, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720554115 Yours, Paul H.