Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates

In the first ever systematic genetic survey, we have used rigorous decontamination followed by mitochondrial 12S RNA sequencing to identify the species origin of 30 hair samples attributed to anomalous primates. Two Himalayan samples, one from Ladakh, India, the other from Bhutan, had their closest...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Main Authors: Sykes, Bryan C., Mullis, Rhettman A., Hagenmuller, Christophe, Melton, Terry W., Sartori, Michel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2014
Subjects:
Ursus maritimus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0161
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Summary:In the first ever systematic genetic survey, we have used rigorous decontamination followed by mitochondrial 12S RNA sequencing to identify the species origin of 30 hair samples attributed to anomalous primates. Two Himalayan samples, one from Ladakh, India, the other from Bhutan, had their closest genetic affinity with a Palaeolithic polar bear, Ursus maritimus . Otherwise the hairs were from a range of known extant mammals.

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