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To: mysterio; Coyoteman
There were no teeth, it was a fossil.

Doctor Coyoteman, any thing you can add?

8 posted on 11/16/2007 11:09:16 AM PST by ASA Vet
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To: ASA Vet
The lower jawbone fragment, an incisor

From pubmedcentral

: "And, intriguingly, mitochondrial DNA has now been extracted from Quaternary fossil teeth, allowing fossil samples to be placed in the same population genetic framework as extant populations living in the same geographic area"
11 posted on 11/16/2007 11:16:35 AM PST by mysterio
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To: ASA Vet
There were no teeth, it was a fossil.

Doctor Coyoteman, any thing you can add?

I think getting DNA from this one would be difficult.

But, the technology is improving every year, so it may someday be possible.

(Fossil DNA? How would you amplify that? Maybe some of the remote sensing techniques would be of more use than typical genetic procedures.)

12 posted on 11/16/2007 11:19:29 AM PST by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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