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A new ancient DNA study shows that the Norwegian lemming has a unique history. In contrast to other mammals in Fennoscandia, the Norwegian lemming may have survived the last Ice Age in the far north, sealed off from the rest of the world by gigantic ice sheets. This conclusion is drawn by an international team of researchers in an article published this week in the journal Molecular Ecology.

The Norwegian lemming is an iconic small mammal that is unique to the Fennoscandian mountain tundra. Known for its dramatic fluctuations in population size, it is a keystone species in the mountain tundra ecosystem. But its origin has until now remained somewhat of a mystery.

Twenty thousand years ago, Fennoscandia was covered by a thick ice sheet. Animals and plants in the region are therefore thought to originate from populations that lived to the south or east of the ice sheet, and colonised Fennoscandia as the ice melted. With this in mind, and international team of scientists, led by researchers at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, set out to investigate from where the Norwegian lemming originated at the end of the last Ice Age. To do this, the researchers retrieved and analysed ancient DNA from lemming populations that surrounded the ice sheet during the last Ice Age.

- "We found that even though the populations surrounding the ice sheet were closely related to modern day lemmings, none of them were similar enough to be the direct ancestor of the Norwegian lemming," says Love Daln, Associate Professor at the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

After eliminating these populations as potential sources, the researchers concluded that the only remaining explanation was that the Norwegian lemming originates from a population that survived the last glaciation somewhere locally in Fennoscandia. The exact location where the Norwegian lemming could have survived the last glaciation is not clear, but likely places include coastal areas or mountain plateaus sticking out from the ice sheet.

"The Norwegian lemming is the only endemic mammal in Fennoscandia, and its unusual origin is probably the reason why," says Vendela Lagerholm, lead author on the study.

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Hologic has named Eric Compton to the newly-established position of chief operating officer. He most recently served as worldwide president of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Clinical Diagnostics business. Hologic also named Claus Egstrand its new senior VP and general manager, international. He previously held senior positions at Merck, Stryker, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, and Pharmacia. In addition, David Harding, who previously served as Hologic's group senior VP and GM of women's health, has been named senior VP of corporate strategy. CFO Glenn Muir, who began serving in that post in 1992, will retire from the firm at the end of November.

SISCAPA Assay Technologies has named Selena Larkin its vice president of marketing and sales. Larkin joins the mass spec assay firm after recently serving as global director of pharmaceutical strategy at Agilent Technologies. She previously held positions at Applied Biosystems/Sciex and Irvine Scientific.

Sequenom announced this week that CEO Harry Hixson plans to retire from that position in June, at the time of the company's stockholder meeting. Current President and Chief Operating Officer William Welch will assume Hixson's position upon his retirement. Hixson will continue to serve as chairman of the firm's board of directors, a title he has held since 2003. Welch also will be nominated to serve on the board at the annual meeting, Sequenom said. Also, CFO Paul Maier also will retire from his job in June, but will continue to work with the company as a consultant. Current VP and Chief Accounting Officer Carolyn Beaver will replace Maier as CFO upon his retirement. She previously was corporate VP and controller of Beckman Coulter. In addition, Dirk van den Boom will be promoted to be chief scientific and strategy officer. He has been with Sequenom since 1998, and he recently was the company's executive VP of R&D and chief technology officer.

Former Life Technologies executive Paul Grossman has joined Telegraph Hill Partners as a venture partner. Grossman previously was head of global strategy and corporate development at Life Tech, and he also held the same position at Invitrogen. Before he joined Invitrogen, Grossman held a variety of leadership roles at Applied Biosystems, including as a research scientist and patent attorney, VP of intellectual property, and VP of strategy and business development.

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