Resurrecting ancient animal genomes: The extinct moa and more

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 661-669

  Huynen, Leon ^a   Millar, Craig D ^b   Lambert, David M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ancient and extinct animals; Ancient DNA; Evolution; Gene expression; Reconstructing extinct animals

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BLEACHING AGENT; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA;

ANTIQUITY; CATTLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; DINORNIS ROBUSTUS; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ELEPHANT; EURYAPTERYX CURTUS; EXTINCT SPECIES; FEATHER; FECES; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GOAT; HAPLOTYPE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HORSE; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION CENTER; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAIZE; MAMMOTH; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENUS; MEGALAPTERYX DIDINUS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NOTHROTHERIOPS SHASTENSIS; OSTRICH; PACHYORNIS AUSTRALIS; PACHYORNIS ELEPHANTOPUS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; PLEISTOCENE; POLAR BEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SHEEP; SLOTH; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENOME; HAIR; HEMOGLOBINS; MAMMOTHS; OXYGEN; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 84863876610     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200040     Document Type: Review

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