Student research – Froese Group

Scott Cocker from our lab on CBC’s Quirks and Quarks discussing Arctic ground squirrels from permafrost

This week featuring @Scotternary and some of our summer fieldwork on @CBCQuirks— 20,000 year old Arctic ground squirrels preserved in Yukon permafrost. @UofAResearch @UAlbertaNorth @ualbertaScience https://t.co/GaAiRfuqld
— duane froese (@tephrafan) September 10, 2022

New Ancient eDNA paper from Klondike permafrost

Interview with Tyler Murchie and Hendrik Poinar on @CBCQuirks on our recent ancient eDNA paper. This is from Tyler’s PhD and recently pub in Quat Res.

Less than a teaspoon of dirt contains DNA that could hold the history of an entire landscape | CBC Radio https://t.co/rxltOXvMB8
— duane froese (@tephrafan) September 26, 2020

Extracting Ancient DNA of Long-Extinct Plants and Animals From Soil