5614 Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Information has been extracted from a 43,000 year old wolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) bone. The gene, Mc1r, controls the creature's hair colour. The gene, which is responsible for hair colour in some modern mammals too, reveals that wolly mammoths were dark brown, pale ginger or blonde in colour. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5154892.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Information has been extracted from a 43' date='000 year old wolly mammoth ([i']Mammuthus primigenius)[/i] bone. The gene, Mc1r, controls the creature's hair colour. The gene, which is responsible for hair colour in some modern mammals too, reveals that wolly mammoths were dark brown, pale ginger or blonde in colour. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5154892.stm nice find. I had trouble posting reply earlier. related links: http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/files/molecular_ecology.html http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20051224/fob1.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeThinker Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Interesting! I wonder how much more genetic information they can retrieve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olifhar Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Really cool... I wonder if Mammoths changed colors based on the season. I know, ice age, "What seasons?!?" You know what I'm talking about, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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