Carbonization Studies on Mammut americanum Tusk

Authors

Nina Jocic, University of Northern IowaFollow

Files

Document Type

Poster

Keywords

Mastodons--Iowa--Franklin County; Fossils--Collection and preservation--Iowa;

Description

Many preservation attempts have been made on the tusk that the University of Northern Iowa acquired. Due to the poor preservation attempts a lot of damage has happened and has caused the tusk to be in a way of disrepair. The Carver grant is very keen on the future preservation of the tusk. The sublimation of nucleobases will be able to help guide the type of preservation methods used in order to preserve the nucleobases and possible DNA still in the tusk. The extraction of nucleobases will not only help with the future preservation of tusk but it will also help to provide a potential family tree of the Mammut americanum founded in the area.

Publication Date

12-2017

Faculty Advisor

Joshua A. Sebree

Department

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Publisher

Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2017 Joshua Prybil

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Jocic, Nina, "Carbonization Studies on Mammut americanum Tusk" (2017). Mastodon Tusk Project Posters. 5.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mastodon_posters/5