Scientists Close In On Their Goal To Resurrect The Woolly Mammoth
Geo Beats
2015-04-27
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A team of scientists has gotten one large step closer to resurrecting the mammoth species.
The woolly mammoth hasn’t roamed the planet for thousands of years, but that could soon change.
A team of scientists has gotten one large step closer to resurrecting the shaggy species.
Researchers working on reversing the animal’s extinction have almost fully sequenced a genome by using DNA from two Siberian specimens.
One of the animals lived about 45 thousand years ago, while the other hails from much more recent times, being around 43-hundred years old.
Between information gathered from both, the team has constructed their clearest picture to date of what made the woolly mammoth tick.
Their advancement also offers clues into what may have contributed to their demi
The woolly mammoth hasn’t roamed the planet for thousands of years, but that could soon change.
A team of scientists has gotten one large step closer to resurrecting the shaggy species.
Researchers working on reversing the animal’s extinction have almost fully sequenced a genome by using DNA from two Siberian specimens.
One of the animals lived about 45 thousand years ago, while the other hails from much more recent times, being around 43-hundred years old.
Between information gathered from both, the team has constructed their clearest picture to date of what made the woolly mammoth tick.
Their advancement also offers clues into what may have contributed to their demi
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