It's hoped the same strategies could be used to map the DNA of ancient Egyptian mummies.
It's hoped the same strategies could also be used on other ancient DNA samples, such as Egyptian mummies, in the future.Woolly mammoths roamed the northern hemisphere during the last Ice Age, only completely dying out around 4000 years ago.
The fossilised chromosomes extracted from the mammoth are around one million times longer than most ancient DNA fragments. Aiden thought that if the right ancient DNA sample could be found - one with the 3D organisation of the fragments still intact - it would be possible to use the same strategies as used on modern-day humans to assemble the ancient genomes.
"Hi-C allows you to have an approximation of that picture before you start putting the puzzle pieces together."
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