Genetic clues may be hiding in Leonardo da Vinci’s artwork

Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA may be hiding in his artwork, researchers say

Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s ...
La Brújula Verde

Possible DNA of Leonardo da Vinci extracted from some of his works of art

An international team of scientists has, for the first time, applied a minimally invasive genetic analysis technique to ...

Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art — and scientists think they've managed to extract some

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...
Nature

Y chromosome sequence variation and the history of human populations

Figure 2: Maximum likelihood network inferred from the haplotype frequencies reported in Table 1. Three mutually reinforcing mutations, M42, M94 and M139 (two transversions and a 1-bp deletion), ...