I cannot figure out the meaning of this part --"the relationship between xx and xx to xx" in the sentence below, please help me, thx!
The discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard University when they were examing the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephants—the Asian elepphant, African forest elephant, and African savanna elephant.
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Essentially, the researchers were trying to find gene similarities and differences between prehistoric elephant-like mammals to modern elephants.
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Essentially, the researchers were trying to find gene similarities and differences between prehistoric elephant-like mammals to modern elephants.
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