Genomic variability in the extinct steppe bison (Bison priscus) compared to the European bison (Bison bonasus)

In 2009, a frozen mummy of the steppe bison (SB) (Bison priscus) was discovered between the lower Kolyma River and the Alazeya River in northeast Siberia, Russia. The specimen was dated with 14C and estimated to have lived more than 48,000 14C years before present (BP). The relationship between SB and the European Bison (EB) (Bison bonasus), also known as wisent or European wood bison, is unresolved and it is unclear whether the SB and EB...