Valerii Plotnikov (left) from the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha, Yakutsk, Russia, and Daniel Fisher of the University of Michigan examine a woolly mammoth unearthed during a 2018 expedition. Love Dalén
Love Dalén
Scientists have recreated the three-dimensional structure of the woolly mammoth’s genetic blueprint.
The accomplishment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, marks what is believed to be the first time scientists have been able to produce a multidimensional version of the genome of a complex extinct species.
The advance should provide important new insights into the biology of a creature that has long sparked fascination.