Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 19:03:52 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] Efforts To Turn Elephants Into Woolly Mammoths Are Already Underway
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Story:
"Researchers are working to hybridize existing animals with extinct ones
in order to create a '2.0' version of the animal. Using a genome editing
technique known as CRISPR, Harvard synthetic biologist George Church has
successfully migrated three genes, which gave the woolly mammoth its furry
appearance, extra layer of fat, and cold-resistant blood, into the cells
of Asian elephants, with the idea of eventually making a hybrid embryo. In
theory, given what we know about both the woolly mammoth genome and the
Asian elephant genome, the final product will be something that more
closely resembles the former than the latter."
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Story and links at
<http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/05/21/2115214/efforts-to-turn-elephants-into-woolly-mammoths-are-already-underway>

       mark "can tyrannosaurs be far behind?"