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Showing posts with label woolly mammoth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woolly mammoth. Show all posts

Friday, 3 March 2017

DNA Provides Clue to Why Woolly Mammoth Died Out

DNA Provides Clue to Why Woolly Mammoth Died Out

DNA clues to why woolly mammoth died out By Helen Briggs,
BBC News, March 2, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

The last, lonely woolly mammoths faced a 'genomic meltdown'
By Michael Price, Science News, March 2, 2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-were-genetically-screwed
DNA clues to why woolly mammoth died out By Helen Briggs,
BBC News, March 2, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

The last, lonely woolly mammoths faced a 'genomic meltdown'
By Michael Price, Science News, March 2, 2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-were-genetically-screwed

The Woolly Mammoth's Last Stand, New York Times
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

The paper is:

Rogers, R. L., and M. Slatkin, 2017, Excess of genomic
defects in a woolly mammoth on Wrangel island.
PLOS Genetics. Published: March 2, 2017, open access.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.100660
http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006601

The Woolly Mammoth's Last Stand, New York Times
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

Yours,

Paul H.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

What killed the woolly mammoth? A whole bunch of things

What killed the woolly mammoth? A whole bunch of things

What killed the woolly mammoth? A whole bunch of things,
scientists say, Christian Science Monitor, June 12, 2012,
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0612/What-killed-the-woolly-mammoth-A-whole-bunch-of-things-scientists-say.-video

Woolly Mammoth Extinction Has Lessons for Modern
Climate Change, ScienceDaily, June 12, 2012
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612144809.htm

Many factors in extinction of mammoths, SBS,
June 12, 2012, http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1658619/Many-factors-in-extinction-of-mammoths

Study: Many factors in mammoth extinction, UPI.com, June 12, 2012
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/06/12/Study-Many-factors-in-mammoth-extinction/UPI-96671339529828/?spt=hs&or=sn

The paper is:

MacDonald, G. M., D. W. Beilman, Y. V. Kuzmin, L. A. Orlova, K. V.
Kremenetski, B. Shapiro, R. K. Wayne, and B. Van Valkenburgh, 2012,
Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia.
Nature Communications, 2012 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1881
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n6/full/ncomms1881.html

Best wishes,

Paul H.