The sequences show that the wooly mammoth was more closely related
to the Asian elephant, than to the African elephant. Not
too surprizing.
For example, see:
LOCUS AF154864 307 bp DNA MAM 11-NOV-1999
DEFINITION Mammuthus primigenius cytochrome b gene,
partial cds; mitochondrial
gene for mitochondrial product.
ACCESSION AF154864
NID g6358629
VERSION AF154864.1 GI:6358629
KEYWORDS .
SOURCE woolly mammoth.
ORGANISM Mitochondrion Mammuthus primigenius
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata;
Mammalia;
Eutheria; Proboscidea; Elephantidae; Mammuthus.
REFERENCE 1 (bases 1 to 307)
AUTHORS Greenwood,A.D., Capelli,C., Possnert,G. and Paabo,S.
TITLE Nuclear DNA sequences from late Pleistocene megafauna
JOURNAL Mol. Biol. Evol. 16 (11), 1466-1473 (1999)
MEDLINE 20022977
REFERENCE 2 (bases 1 to 307)
AUTHORS Greenwood,A.D., Capelli,C., Possnert,G. and Paabo,S.
TITLE Direct Submission
JOURNAL Submitted (28-MAY-1999) Mammalogy, American
Museum of Natural
History, Central Park West and 79th Street, New York, NY
10024-5192, USA
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