Photo: Mammoth Genome Decoded -- Clones on the Way?



An artist's conception shows a woolly mammoth with a twisting DNA molecule extending from the extinct animal's hair. Using mammoth hair, scientists have sequenced the woolly mammoth genome, according to a November 2008 study.

Illustration by ExhibitEase LLC/Steven W. Marcus


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