Science News Roundup: Small ears, frizzy hair and dry ear wax
Updated: 08-04-2023 11:07 IST | Created: 08-04-2023 10:27 IST
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Small ears, frizzy hair and dry ear wax - the genetics of mammoths
The largest-ever genetic assessment of the woolly mammoth has yielded new insight into this elephant cousin - an icon of the Ice Age - including about its fluffy hair, small ears, cold tolerance, fat storage and even dry ear wax. Researchers on Friday said they had analyzed the genomes of 23 woolly mammoths - including 16 newly sequenced ones - based on remains preserved in Siberian permafrost. They then compared them to the genomes of 28 modern-day Asian and African elephants.
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Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 4:57 am