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Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« on: February 17, 2017, 12:30:55 pm »


    Sarah Knapton, Science Editor, in Boston

17 February 2017 • 10:35am

"Woolly mammoths" could be brought back from extinction within two years, the scientists behind a groundbreaking resurrection project have said.

World-renowned geneticist Prof George Church and his team at Harvard University have been working for the past two years on recreating the DNA blueprint of the mammoth.

They have used DNA from mammoths that were preserved in Arctic permafrost to look for the genes that separated them from elephants, such as those with code for a shaggy coat, big ears and antifreeze blood.

By splicing the mammoth genes into the genome of an elephant embryo, the team believe they can recreate a mammoth-elephant hybrid, which would have all the recognisable features of a mammoth.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/16/harvard-scientists-pledge-bring-back-woolly-mammoth-extinction/
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2017, 03:48:58 pm »
Oh goody.  Another endangered species the eco-freaks can use to bludgeon the rest of us with. 
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2017, 03:59:00 pm »
Quote from: bigheadfred on February 17, 2017, 12:30:55 pm

    Sarah Knapton, Science Editor, in Boston

17 February 2017 • 10:35am

"Woolly mammoths" could be brought back from extinction within two years, the scientists behind a groundbreaking resurrection project have said.

World-renowned geneticist Prof George Church and his team at Harvard University have been working for the past two years on recreating the DNA blueprint of the mammoth.

They have used DNA from mammoths that were preserved in Arctic permafrost to look for the genes that separated them from elephants, such as those with code for a shaggy coat, big ears and antifreeze blood.

By splicing the mammoth genes into the genome of an elephant embryo, the team believe they can recreate a mammoth-elephant hybrid, which would have all the recognisable features of a mammoth.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/16/harvard-scientists-pledge-bring-back-woolly-mammoth-extinction/
This ought to work out well.........
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2017, 04:02:08 pm »
I hope they don't use frog DNA to fill in the gaps.   We've all seen how that turns out.
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2017, 05:15:29 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on February 17, 2017, 04:02:08 pm
I hope they don't use frog DNA to fill in the gaps.   We've all seen how that turns out.

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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2017, 06:18:00 pm »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on February 17, 2017, 03:59:00 pm
This ought to work out well.........
I can't wait for them to be reintroduced into the Frank Church Wilderness River of No Return Wilderness area.  :smokin:
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2017, 06:19:56 pm »
Quote from: Idaho_Cowboy on February 17, 2017, 06:18:00 pm
I can't wait for them to be reintroduced into the Frank Church Wilderness River of No Return Wilderness area.  :smokin:

They ain't seen "overgrazing" until they've seen what a giant pachyderm can do.
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2017, 06:21:50 pm »
Quote from: r9etb on February 17, 2017, 06:19:56 pm
They ain't seen "overgrazing" until they've seen what a giant pachyderm can do.
Yeah, but if we can just get the numbers back so we can hunt them. Prepare to be put the test Paelo dieters; it's time to find out if all that cross fit was worth it.
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2017, 06:31:48 pm »
What could possibly go wrong?
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2017, 06:32:04 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on February 17, 2017, 03:48:58 pm
Oh goody.  Another endangered species the eco-freaks can use to bludgeon the rest of us with.

Using basic English and logic, a species that can be re-created at will cannot possibly be "endangered."
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2017, 06:35:22 pm »
I bet they're delicious.
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2017, 06:39:37 pm »
Quote from: Idaho_Cowboy on February 17, 2017, 06:21:50 pm
Yeah, but if we can just get the numbers back so we can hunt them. Prepare to be put the test Paelo dieters; it's time to find out if all that cross fit was worth it.

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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2017, 06:44:38 pm »
Quote from: Doug Loss on February 17, 2017, 06:32:04 pm
Using basic English and logic, a species that can be re-created at will cannot possibly be "endangered."

You, I, and all rational people would agree.  Unfortunately eco-freaks aren't among those groups. 
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2017, 07:29:13 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on February 17, 2017, 03:48:58 pm
Oh goody.  Another endangered species the eco-freaks can use to bludgeon the rest of us with.
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2017, 08:19:13 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 17, 2017, 06:35:22 pm
I bet they're delicious.

My buddy wrote about this expedition he went on...

https://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Resurrection-Ice-Age-Giant/dp/0738207756

(it was terrible and made people sick.)

Though it might not be bad fresh!
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Re: Harvard scientists pledge to bring back 'woolly mammoth' from extinction within two years
« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2017, 11:56:39 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on February 17, 2017, 04:02:08 pm
I hope they don't use frog DNA to fill in the gaps.   We've all seen how that turns out.

A sizeable herding of jumping mammoths could devastate subdivisions.
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