《新科学家》 第3579期 · 2026年1月24日 · 中文解读
猛犸象基因组揭示其灭绝之谜
Woolly rhino genome holds clues to its demise
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一项研究从一只死于14400年前的狼崽胃中发现的猛犸象肉块中重建了其基因组,表明猛犸象在面临灭绝时基因上仍然健康。
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Palaeontology Space Woolly rhino genome holds clues to its demise James Woodford A GENOME reconstructed from a tiny piece of flesh found in the stomach of a wolf pup that died 14,400 years ago suggests that woolly rhinos were still genetically healthy even as they faced imminent extinction. This finding is very important, she says, because this is the first time that scientists have recovered genetic material from a woolly rhino so close to the date it vanished, just a few centuries later. No one will ever know how a young female wolf pup died at a site near what is now the town of Tumat in northern Siberia, Russia. …
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