ネッシーは巨大うなぎ?水中のDNA調査
Is Nessie a huge eel? Investigations of DNA in water
Is Nessie a huge eel? Investigations of DNA in water
ネッシーはイギリス北部スコットランドにあるネス湖で85年前に撮影されたとされる写真などから、世界中のマニアなどの間で恐竜のような長い首を持つ謎の生き物として語られてきました
Nessie has been told as a mysterious creature with a long neck like a dinosaur among manias around the world from photos taken 85 years ago at Loch Ness in Scotland, Northern England
Nessie has been told as a mysterious creature with a long neck like a dinosaur among manias around the world from photos taken 85 years ago at Loch Ness in Scotland, Northern England
ニュージーランドのオタゴ大学の遺伝学者、ニール・ゲメル教授が率いる国際的な研究チームは去年、その真相を究明しようとネス湖のおよそ250か所で水のサンプルを採取し、中に含まれた生き物の皮膚や排せつ物などの「環境DNA」をデータベースに照合して、湖に生息している生き物の種類を特定する分析を続けてきました
Last year, an international research team led by Professor Neil Gemmel, a geneticist at the University of Otago in New Zealand, took water samples at approximately 250 locations in Loch Ness to find out the truth. We have continued analysis to identify the types of living creatures inhabiting lakes by collating environmental DNA such as skin and excrement with a database.
Last year, an international research team led by Professor Neil Gemmel, a geneticist at the University of Otago in New Zealand, took water samples at approximately 250 locations in Loch Ness to find out the truth. We have continued analysis to identify the types of living creatures inhabiting lakes by collating environmental DNA such as skin and excrement with a database.
ゲメル教授は5日、イギリスで記者会見を開き、調査の結果、恐竜のような生き物のDNAは発見できなかったと発表しました
Professor Gemel held a press conference in the UK on the 5th, and as a result of the investigation, he announced that DNA of creatures like dinosaurs could not be found.
Professor Gemel held a press conference in the UK on the 5th, and as a result of the investigation, he announced that DNA of creatures like dinosaurs could not be found.
今回の調査をもってしてもネッシーをめぐる論争に終止符が打たれることはなさそうです
Even with this survey, the controversy over Nessie is unlikely to end.
Even with this survey, the controversy over Nessie is unlikely to end.