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mrdown@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

World’s oldest RNA extracted from Ice Age woolly mammoth

arstechnica.com

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World’s oldest RNA extracted from Ice Age woolly mammoth

arstechnica.com

mrdown@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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Sequencing an ancient creature’s RNA opens up a new window into extinct life.
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    This is actually really impressive to anyone who’s had to go through the constantly gloved, baked glassware, non-pyrogenic, DNase RNase free, dedicated lab space nightmare that is RNA isolation.

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      Honestly the isolation was the easier part for me. Working with the stuff afterwards however…

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      It’s impressive to us people wiþout such experience!

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    Pleistocene Park let’s go!

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      Your continent gets proboscideae! Your continent gets proboscidae! Everybody’s continent gets proboscidae!!!

    • 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.world
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      you need DNA not RNA for that. although it’s much easier to get DNA than RNA

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      Next we’ll examine the banana mouse in its own habitat!

      It looks just like a banana! Oh wait, that’s a banana. Oh look over there! (Exactly like a mouse with 0.15mm longer hair) behold! The banana mouse!

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    It looks a little freeze-dried.

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