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Annafan
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Message 1 of 2 (497261)
02-03-2009 7:14 AM


Announced a couple of days ago: Extinct ibex resurrected by cloning
The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain.
Shortly before its death, scientists preserved skin samples of the goat, a subspecies of the Spanish ibex that live in mountain ranges across the country, in liquid nitrogen.
Using DNA taken from these skin samples, the scientists were able to replace the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats, to clone a female Pyrenean ibex, or bucardo as they are known. It is the first time an extinct animal has been cloned.
Discuss?
- does this approach have a real future?
- current state of the art of cloning?
- is it wise to make a lot of publicity around this (possibly diminishing attention for preservation of species)? Kinda like how the availability of AIDS medication made risk groups less vigilant.
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02-04-2009 1:03 AM


Thread copied to the Extinct animal resurrected by cloning! thread in the Coffee House forum, this copy of the thread has been closed.

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