News: Scientists merge Woolly Mammoth Elephant Hybrid

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http://www.natureworldnews.com/artic...ly-mammoth.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...cies-dead.html

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Scientists may be able to bring back the long extinct woolly mammoth after pasting its DNA into the elephant's genetic code.
It's been 3,000 years since the mammoth was wiped out from the face of the Earth, and now for the first time the genes of these ancient animals are alive again - at least, in the lab.

A team from Harvard University, led by Professor George Church, has managed to insert 14 mammoth genes into the live DNA of a modern elephant, which could create hybrid elephants capable of living in colder climates. The mammoth DNA was acquired from frozen specimens found on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea - the last living animals until around 3,300 years ago.

"We prioritized genes associated with cold resistance including hairiness, ear size, subcutaneous fat and, especially," Church told The Sunday Times.

Asian elephants are already closely related to woolly mammoths, so scientists didn't need to create an entire new cell to bring back this ancient behemoth. Instead the unique technique - called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat) - allows them to make specific edits to DNA and copy and paste in certain bits of code.

"We now have functioning elephant cells with mammoth DNA in them," Church said. "We have not published it in a scientific journal because there is more work to do, but we plan to do so."

ralani

yay for science

Skywalker

I hope there is a good place for it in this earth.

6 Apple St

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Originally posted by Meowster

I hope there is a good place for it in this earth.

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which could create hybrid elephants capable of living in colder climates

Antarctica duh

Timber

Omg I'm so excited about this!!

Skywalker

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Originally posted by Wonderlust

Antarctica duh

If it could survive Antarctica, today, is the question. It would be sad to bring them back into this world only for them to be unable to adapt to it.

Timber

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Originally posted by Wonderlust

Antarctica duh

The northern hemisphere would be a much better option for this animal.

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Originally posted by Timber

The northern hemisphere would be a much better option for this animal.

Why? the hybrid was made so that it can survive colder climates. Isn't the northern hemisphere hotter than the southern?

edit: wait no it wasnt mess.

edit2: whats the point of having it being able to endure colder climates if we're putting it in the northern, wouldn't the southern be better?

Allie

Omggg they've been saying it for years, 'shut up & put your money where your mouth is,' as the legendary Katy Perry once said.

housepenguin

The northern and Southern Hemisphere are generally the same temperature. Just depends on where you are and at what time of year. The chance of these ever being released to the wild though is unlikely. They'd have to breed them like crazy

Nikolai.

Cheating nature like this is so wrong

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Originally posted by housepenguin

The northern and Southern Hemisphere are generally the same temperature. Just depends on where you are and at what time of year. The chance of these ever being released to the wild though is unlikely. They'd have to breed them like crazy

They are? well call me a monkeys uncle. I don't want it hea neways

MaRy

yes i knew they would come back, queens

next we need the tiger with long teeth and the glacial wolf

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Originally posted by MaRy

yes i knew they would come back, queens

next we need the tiger with long teeth and the glacial wolf

A Sabre-tooth and Dire wolf? yes my italian bae

Timber

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Originally posted by Wonderlust

Why? the hybrid was made so that it can survive colder climates. Isn't the northern hemisphere hotter than the southern?

edit: wait no it wasnt mess.

edit2: whats the point of having it being able to endure colder climates if we're putting it in the northern, wouldn't the southern be better?

Girl, are you trolling? Antarctica has almost no vegetation at all, ice and snow cover 99% of the land. On top of all that, Antarctica is one of the driest deserts on Earth, its really extremely uninhabitable.

Jackson

They're finally gonna do this?

Giliap

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Originally posted by GanjaSebert

Cheating nature like this is so wrong

no. its damn cool and revolutionary

MaRy

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Originally posted by Wonderlust

A Sabre-tooth and Dire wolf? yes my italian bae

yes

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Originally posted by Timber

Girl, are you trolling? Antarctica has almost no vegetation at all, ice and snow cover 99% of the land. On top of all that Antarctica is the driest desert on Earth, its really extremely uninhabitable.

It is? damn.

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Originally posted by MaRy

yes

Lexiel

UGH YAS I want one they were so cute