Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-22-2014
Abstract
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.
Volume
281
Issue
1789
First Page
20140161
Last Page
20140161
ISSN
1471-2954
Published In/Presented At
Sykes, B. C., Mullis, R. A., Hagenmuller, C., Melton, T. W., & Sartori, M. (2014). Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 281(1789), 20140161. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0161
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
24990672
Department(s)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Document Type
Article