(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 26 - Italian researchers have mapped the
DNA of a Pompeii resident for the first time, paving the way for
a genetic map of the population of the Roman city buried and
preserved by Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The subject was 35 when the inferno engulfed him and was
suffering from illness, the research said.
"His genetic material was preserved by the lava," they said.
(ANSA).
Researchers map DNA of Pompeii resident for first time
Man, 35, suffering from illness,genetic material trapped by lava