Article
Temporal dynamics of woolly mammoth genome erosion prior to extinction.
Cell - 11 Jul 2024
Dehasque Marianne, Morales Hernán E, Díez-Del-Molino David, Pečnerová Patrícia, Chacón-Duque J Camilo, Kanellidou Foteini, Muller Héloïse, Plotnikov Valerii, Protopopov Albert, Tikhonov Alexei, Nikolskiy Pavel, Danilov Gleb K, Giannì Maddalena, van der Sluis Laura, Higham Tom, Heintzman Peter D, Oskolkov Nikolay, Gilbert M Thomas P, Götherström Anders, van der Valk Tom, Vartanyan Sergey, Dalén Love
Abstract excerpt
A number of species have recently recovered from near-extinction. Although these species have avoided the immediate extinction threat, their long-term viability remains precarious due to the potential genetic consequences of population declines, which are poorly understood on a timescale beyond a few generations. Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) became isolated on Wrangel Island around 10,000 years ago and...
Topics
- Animals
- Mammoths
- Extinction, Biological
- Genome
- Mutation
- Siberia
- Phylogeny
- Evolution, Molecular
- Time Factors