Dec 20th 2006
Futures in Biotech 11
Ancient DNA - The Neanderthal Genome
Hosted by
Marc Pelletier
Isolating the ancient DNA of Neanderthals from museum specimens...
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Guests:
Dr. Svante Pääbo,
Dr. Thomas Jarvie
Our guests are Dr. Svante Pääbo, 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
Dr. Svante Pääbo explains how he isolates the ancient DNA of Neanderthals from museum specimens.
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