Nobel Prize in Medicine 2022: Mapping the Neanderthal Genome
- Awarded on: 3rd October 2022
- Awarded by: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- Awarded to: Svante Pääbo, Sweden
- Awarded for: His discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.
Key Highlights of Svante Paabo’s Research
- Svante Pääbo accomplished sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.
What does Paleogenomics mean?
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- Pääbo first decided to study mitochondrial DNA from Neanderthals.
- Dr Pääbo’s research has great significance in understanding the origin of Homo sapiens.