In this way, a more than 3,000 years ago extinct prehistoric mammoth to be brought back to life. To do this, researchers took a share of the mammoth DNA from the carcasses found in the Arctic. The genetic code was compared from both elephants. So they could complement the genes of the current elephant with genes that mammoth announces as his hairiness and oorgrote.
Elephants Cells
In a laboratory environment began to function the genes of the mammoth in elephant cells.
“We have now functioning elephants cells with mammoth DNA in it. We have the study has not been published because there is still work to be done,” said Professor George Church in The Sunday Times.
There is also criticism. Some find so that the money could be better used to protect the Asian elephant. These and the African elephant are threatened with extinction.
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