| preliminary analyses of the frozen mummies of mammoth (mammuthus primigenius), bison (bison priscus) and horse (equus sp.) from the yana-indigirka lowland, yakutia, russia. | the frozen bodies of a young woolly mammoth (mammuthus primigenius), a wild horse (equus sp.) and a steppe bison (bison priscus) were recently found in the northern yakutia (northeastern siberia). all specimens have preserved bones, skin and soft tissues. whereas the woolly mammoth and the pleistocene horse were represented by partial frozen bodies, the steppe bison body was recovered in an absolutely complete state. all specimens were found frozen in the permafrost, with some of the tissues mum ... | 2014 | 24148659 |
| tracking the origins of yakutian horses and the genetic basis for their fast adaptation to subarctic environments. | yakutia, sakha republic, in the siberian far east, represents one of the coldest places on earth, with winter record temperatures dropping below -70 °c. nevertheless, yakutian horses survive all year round in the open air due to striking phenotypic adaptations, including compact body conformations, extremely hairy winter coats, and acute seasonal differences in metabolic activities. the evolutionary origins of yakutian horses and the genetic basis of their adaptations remain, however, contentiou ... | 2015 | 26598656 |