Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates

Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates

In the first ever systematic genetic survey, we have used rigorous decontamination followed by mitochondrial 12S RNA sequencing to identify the species origin of 30 hair samples attributed to anomalous primates. Two Himalayan samples, one from Ladakh, India, the other from Bhutan, had their closest...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2014-08, Vol.281 (1789), p.1-3
Hauptverfasser: Sykes, Bryan C., Mullis, Rhettman A., Hagenmuller, Christophe, Melton, Terry W., Sartori, Michel
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Sprache:eng
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Animal genetics
Black bears
Brown bears
Evolutionary genetics
Hair
Horses
Humans
Hybridity
Polar bears
Primates
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Zusammenfassung:In the first ever systematic genetic survey, we have used rigorous decontamination followed by mitochondrial 12S RNA sequencing to identify the species origin of 30 hair samples attributed to anomalous primates. Two Himalayan samples, one from Ladakh, India, the other from Bhutan, had their closest genetic affinity with a Palaeolithic polar bear, Ursus maritirnus. Otherwise the hairs were from a range of known extant mammals.
ISSN:0962-8452