title: Evolution: The Island of Misfit Mammoths.
abstract: The genomes of two woolly mammoths have been sequenced. One of the last survivors had reduced genetic diversity. Although divergent in their mitochondrial genomes, the mammoths had similar nuclear genomes, a finding germane to elephant conservation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences and Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. Electronic address: roca@illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Alfred L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Roca
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D004606:Elephants / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D056665:Mammoths / Q000235:genetics*; D010163:Paleontology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial