>Hi list,
>I was wondering if anyone has retrieved ancient DNA from amber insects or
>wooly mammaths or any old sources? Is this even possible? If some has been
>looked over what have we found that relates to evolution or maybe even the
>molecular clok rates.
>
Here are some review articles you might find interesting:
Hoss M. "Ancient DNA." _Horm Res_ (1995) 43:4, 118-120
Cano RJ. "Analysing ancient DNA." _Endeavour_ (1996) 20:4, 162-167
Audic S, Beraud-Colomb E. "Ancient DNA is thirteen years old." _Nat
Biotechnol_ (1997) 15:9, 855-858
Cooper A, Wayne R. "New uses for old DNA." _Curr Opin Biotechnol_ (1998)
9:1, 49-53.
They should have gobs of references you can review to give you a good
over-all picture of the state of the art so far.
Kevin L. O'Brien