Mammuthus
mammoths
- Mammuthus columbi
(Columbian mammoth) - Mammuthus exilis (pygmy mammoth)
- Mammuthus jeffersonii (Jefferson's mammoth)
- Mammuthus lamarmorae (Sardinian dwarf mammoth)
- Mammuthus meridionalis
- Mammuthus primigenius (woolly mammoth)
Introduction
Alan Cooper recently published an article in PLoS Biology about three recently published studies that independently sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of the long extinct mammoth, along with the state-of-the-art technologies used to study ancient DNA: 
View The Year of the Mammoth
References
Cooper, A. 2006. The Year of the Mammoth. PLoS Biol 4(3): e78
Debruyne, R., V. Barriel, and P. Tassya. 2003. Mitochondrial cytochrome b of the Lyakhov mammoth (Proboscidea, Mammalia): new data and phylogenetic analyses of Elephantidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26(3):421-434.
Greenwood, A. D., C. Capelli, G. Possnert, and S. Pääbo. 1999. Nuclear DNA sequences from late Pleistocene megafauna. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:1466-1473.
Hagelberg, E., M. G. Thomas, C. E. Cook, A. V. Sher, G. F. Baryshnikov, and A. M. Lister. 1994. DNA from ancient mammoth bones. Nature 370:333-334.
Haynes, G. 1991. Mammoths, Mastodonts, and Elephants: Biology, Behavior, and the Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York.
Lister, A. and P. Bahn. 1994. Mammoths. MacMillan, London.
Noro, M., R. Masuda, I. A. Dubrovo, M. C. Yoshida, and M. Kato. 1998. Molecular phylogenetic inference of the woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius, based on complete sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S ribosomal RNA genes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 46:314-326.
Ozawa, T., S. Hayashi, and V. M. Mikhelson. 1997. Phylogenetic position of Mammoth and Steller's sea cow within Tethytheria demonstrated by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution 44:406-413.
Shoshani, J. 1998. Understanding proboscidean evolution: a formidable task. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13:480-487.
Shoshani, J. and P. Tassy (eds.) 1996. The Proboscidea. Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Yang, H., E. M. Golenberg, and J. Shoshani. 1997. Proboscidean DNA from museum and fossil specimens: An assessment of ancient DNA extraction and amplification techniques. Biochemical Genetics 35:165-179.
Information on the Internet
- What Killed the Mammoths?. American Museum of Natural History.
- Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Mammuthus primigenius |
|---|---|
| Location | Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Specimen Condition | Model |
| Source | Wooly Mammoth |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
| ToL Image Use |
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| Copyright | © 2008 Tracy O |
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