reconstruct woolly mammoth's genome


	reconstruct woolly mammoth's genome

balthazarus

11-20-2008 4:25 AM

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history, evolution, genes

balthazarus says:

The most interesting thing here is to note the acceleration of technology and it becoming cheaper and available.

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11-20-2008 7:48 AM

Silkweaver

Japanese scientists are working hard to bring a mammoth to life using cloning techniques. Recently they re-cloned a mouse that was frozen for 16 weeks.

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