Eske Willerslev

Eske Willerslev

Eske Willerslev is a danish evolutionary biologist notable for his pioneering work on Ancient DNA. He is currently a full professor at Copenhagen University and leader of the Ancient DNA and Evolution Group.

His group is interested in understanding what caused the decreases in diversity of Megafauna after the last ice age and also tries to develop techniques to recover DNA mostly from ice preserved specimens, such as DNA from sediments in ice cores and fossil bones found in permafrost.

References

* Willerslev, E., A. J. Hansen, J. Binladen, T. B. Brand, M. T. P. Gilbert, B. Shapiro, M. Bunce, C. Wiuf, D. A. Gilichinsky, and A. Cooper. 2003. Diverse Plant and Animal Genetic Records from Holocene and Pleistocene Sediments. Pages 791-795 in Science American Association for the Advancement of Science.


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