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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Main Authors: Sykes, Bryan C, Mullis, Rhettman A, Hagenmuller, Christophe, Melton, Terry W, Sartori, Michel
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: LVHN Scholarly Works 2014
Subjects:
Animals
Bhutan
Fossils
Genetic Testing
Hair
India
Molecular Sequence Data
Primates
RNA
Mitochondrial
Ribosomal
Ursidae
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Online Access:https://scholarlyworks.lvhn.org/pathology-laboratory-medicine/1471
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24990672/
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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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