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- More Re Swiss Take On Tutankhamun Dna
CBS News (Stephanie Pappas) A personal genomics company in Switzerland says they've reconstructed a DNA profile of King Tutankhamen by watching the Discovery Channel, claiming the results suggest more than half of Western European men are related...
- More Re 18th Dynasty Dna
New Scientist Another article about challenges to the interpretations of DNA studies which tried to identify the family members of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. The analysis of 11 royal mummies dating from around 1300 BC was carried out by an Egyptian team...
- Molecular Biologist's Response To The Jama Paper Re Tutankhamun
Pling (Margaret Patterson) Sincere thanks to John Patterson for sending this link. John's wife, who's an (ex-)molecular biologist, read the JAMA paper (and the supplemental data) and wrote a long blog post about her thoughts on the genetics parts...
- Ancestry And Pathology In Tutankhamun's Family
My inbox and my news alerts have all gone mad with the news about the Tutankhamun DNA results released by the Supreme Council of Antitquities. Thanks so much to everyone who sent links! Much appreciated, particularly given that I am away from home at...
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Fetuses
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) The young Tut, who reigned from 1336 to 1337 B.C., is controversially thought to be the son of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Kiya. But some archaeologists believe he could be the son of Akhenaten's other wife,...
Egypt
Interactive Tutankhamun DNA
National Geographic
Thanks to Ann Barrett for the link. Whether you believe in the results or not, this is still a rather good graphic representation of the DNA analysis in the family of Tutankhamun.
Genetic testing on 11 mummies revealed the remains of Tut’s parents, who were brother and sister. Tut’s father is very likely Akhenaten. The identity of his mother is still unknown. How do we know? Scientists collected DNA, then looked at eight sets of genetic markers (colored boxes in diagram below) to create a genetic fingerprint for each mummy. Shared markers help determine kinship.
- More Re Swiss Take On Tutankhamun Dna
CBS News (Stephanie Pappas) A personal genomics company in Switzerland says they've reconstructed a DNA profile of King Tutankhamen by watching the Discovery Channel, claiming the results suggest more than half of Western European men are related...
- More Re 18th Dynasty Dna
New Scientist Another article about challenges to the interpretations of DNA studies which tried to identify the family members of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. The analysis of 11 royal mummies dating from around 1300 BC was carried out by an Egyptian team...
- Molecular Biologist's Response To The Jama Paper Re Tutankhamun
Pling (Margaret Patterson) Sincere thanks to John Patterson for sending this link. John's wife, who's an (ex-)molecular biologist, read the JAMA paper (and the supplemental data) and wrote a long blog post about her thoughts on the genetics parts...
- Ancestry And Pathology In Tutankhamun's Family
My inbox and my news alerts have all gone mad with the news about the Tutankhamun DNA results released by the Supreme Council of Antitquities. Thanks so much to everyone who sent links! Much appreciated, particularly given that I am away from home at...
- More Re Dna Testing To Be Carried Out On Fetuses
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) The young Tut, who reigned from 1336 to 1337 B.C., is controversially thought to be the son of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Kiya. But some archaeologists believe he could be the son of Akhenaten's other wife,...