Abstract
The recent revolution in high-throughput sequencing methods, as well as developments in ancient DNA recovery methods, have opened up for new ways to study the biology and demography of extinct species. The woolly mammoth was one of the most abundant large herbivores during the last Ice Age, but although well-studied through palaeontological methods, several aspects of both its life and disappearance are still poorly understood. The aim of this presentation is to showcase, using genomic data from multiple mammoths, how ancient DNA can be used to investigate key aspects of the biology, evolutionary dynamics and disappearance of an extinct species.
Love Dalén, Professor
Sweedish Mueum for Natural History, Stockholm
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Professor Love Dalén is part of the adjudication committee for Meriam Guellil's disputation.