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Fragments of DNA have been extracted from the remnants of extinct woolly mammoths, amplified, and sequenced. How might these fragments be used now
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Fragments of DNA have been extracted from the remnants of extinct woolly mammoths, amplified, and sequenced. How might these fragments be used now

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To identify diseases and conditions present thousands of years ago and compare them to specimens of today.

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