RNA — the short-lived transcripts of genes — from the ‘Tumat puppy’, a wolf of the Pleistocene era has been isolated, and its sequence analyzed in a new study. The results establish the possibility of examining a range of RNA transcripts from ancient organisms, a possibility previously thought extremely unlikely because of RNA’s short lifespan.
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Source: ScienceDaily