How to Clone a Mammoth by Beth Shapiro6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Shapiro, a biologist who researches the mammoth and the passenger pigeon, gives us a clear and fascinating update.įor some, de-extinction means the literal resurrection of long-lost species through whole-genome cloning, while for others it’s about conferring the traits of extinct animals on closely related living species to create approximations. “De-extinction”, the preserve of proleptic fiction like Jurassic Park, and coined from that genre, is becoming real. Already, news of mammoth genes cloned in living elephant cells has emerged from two research groups this year. Now, with a flurry of headlines in recent months about the “imminent” resurrection of the woolly mammoth, her timing looks impeccable. When Beth Shapiro started writing How to Clone a Mammoth a few years ago, she could have had little idea how timely her “how-to” manual would be. ![]()
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