Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Cloning a Woolly Mammoth

Russian and South Korean scientists will be working together to bring back to life an extinct woolly mammoth.  They will be using genetic material from remains of an animal found within the now-melting Siberian permafrost.  Assuming they can find undamaged genetic material, they will then replace the nuclei of egg cells from an Indian elephant.

Is this really a good idea?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9139976/South-Korean-and-Russian-scientists-bid-to-clone-mammoth.html

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