DNA analysis of the bones (the first ancient DNA from this species) showed them not to be genetically distinct from living Asian elephants, even though they ... They are said to be pygmies, perhaps an ...

The science is clear: Asian elephants share 99.6% of their DNA with woolly mammoths. While the 0.4% difference might seem small, it’s an enormous challenge to bridge. Modern gene-editing tools ...

A study of elephants in Cambodia had a surprising but welcome outcome: a larger and more robust population than anticipated. A multinational team analysed DNA from dung samples collected by ...

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia--A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern ... group collected samples from elephant dung in Cambodia’s northern plains and extracted DNA. From the DNA they were ...

Over time, DNA can degrade into numerous short fragments that wiggle ... the order of genes was very similar to that of the Asian elephant. Then, upon analyzing the X chromosomes, they confirmed the ...

just like any DNA sequence in any species. But on the whole, myoglobin in woolly mammoths and Asian elephants has the same DNA sequence, Dalén said. "As far as we can see, no mammoth meatballs ...

African elephants are the largest land animals on earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...