Evolution: Untangling the woolly mammoth

Alfred L. Roca

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.026

Evolution: Untangling the woolly mammoth

Alfred L. Roca

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Twenty-two woolly mammoth genomes have been compared to those of living elephants, identifying genes under strong evolutionary pressure in mammoths, including genes associated with curly, wiry, thick, bushy, coarse, uncombable and (of course) woolly hair.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R870-R872
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	33
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.026
State	Published - Aug 21 2023

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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