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Subject: Re: [DNA] Queen of Egypt Mummy...
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:56:43 EDT
In a message dated 6/27/2007 11:20:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:
> Story mentions DNA comparisons to be done, has anyone seen the DNA for Amos
>
> Nefreteri? Good candidate for ISOGG's Famous DNA The team's molecular
> geneticist is Yehia Zakaria Gad. And SMGF seems to be involved -- providing
> the
> lab facilities?
At a guess, I suspect Woodward was interviewed to get a quote for the story,
not because of any current involvement. He did do some DNA studies a dozen
years ago or so -- it seems like there was a PBS special about that. Here's a bit
more about the older work:
http://www.egyptologyonline.com/using_dna.htm
There's a press release from Applied Biosciences, which helped set up the
aDNA facility in Egypt. It also links to the Discovery Channel, which is airing a
special on July 15. Reading between the lines, I don't expect to see any raw
data soon.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&;
newsId=20070627005444&newsLang=en
Ann Turner
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