Futures in Biotech 11: Ancient DNA -The Neanderthal Genome
Host:Marc PelletierGuests:Dr. Svente Paabo, Director of the Department of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Dr. Thomas Jarvie, Technical Application Manager at 454 Life Sciences
In this episode, Dr. Svante Paabo explains how he isolates the ancient DNA of Neanderthals from museum specimens.
Links:About the projectThe sequencing technology used
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