Open AccessHimalayan ‘yeti’ DNA: polar bear or DNA degradation? A comment on ‘Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti’ by Sykes et al . (2014)
Author(s) -
Ceiridwen J. Edwards,
Ross Barnett
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.342
H-Index - 253
eISSN - 1471-2954
pISSN - 0962-8452
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.2014.1712
Subject(s) - ursus maritimus , mitochondrial dna , biology , zoology , dna , gene , genetics , ecology , arctic
Based on 104 base pairs of the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene, Sykes et al . [[1][1]] identified two Himalayan samples of hair, from Ladakh (India) and Bhutan, respectively, as belonging to the species Ursus maritimus (polar bear). The authors claim that these samples have the closest genetic
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