[meteorite-list] DNA Provides Clue to Why Woolly Mammoth Died Out

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 19:53:42 -0600
Message-ID: <8ca0dac1-8922-ec5b-bbdd-995fbef351f8_at_att.net>

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

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 02 Mar 2017 08:53:42 PM PST