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November 9th, 2007, 05:41 AM
Ancient beast cloning near, scholar says
11-6-07
http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/11/6/ancientBeastCloningNearScholarSays
Reproducing a baby wooly mammoth may be possible in the years to come, said one of the world’s leading researchers of ancient DNA at a presentation yesterday in the History Department. In a one-hour presentation before a small audience of faculty and students, Hendrik Poinar of Canada’s McMaster University acknowledged that what was once seen as nothing more than a pseudo-scientific pipedream reserved for science fiction could one day become reality.
Poinar claimed that new breakthroughs in the science of paleogenomics — the study of ancient DNA extracted from preserved or fossilized specimens — has unlocked a doorway to understanding and isolating the DNA of ancient extinct species, to the extent that clones of long-ago species such as wooly mammoths and saber tooth tigers may one day be produced.
“The reality is it will happen,” Poinar said concerning the cloning of extinct species. “Twenty to 30 years is the span people are talking about.”
11-6-07
http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/11/6/ancientBeastCloningNearScholarSays
Reproducing a baby wooly mammoth may be possible in the years to come, said one of the world’s leading researchers of ancient DNA at a presentation yesterday in the History Department. In a one-hour presentation before a small audience of faculty and students, Hendrik Poinar of Canada’s McMaster University acknowledged that what was once seen as nothing more than a pseudo-scientific pipedream reserved for science fiction could one day become reality.
Poinar claimed that new breakthroughs in the science of paleogenomics — the study of ancient DNA extracted from preserved or fossilized specimens — has unlocked a doorway to understanding and isolating the DNA of ancient extinct species, to the extent that clones of long-ago species such as wooly mammoths and saber tooth tigers may one day be produced.
“The reality is it will happen,” Poinar said concerning the cloning of extinct species. “Twenty to 30 years is the span people are talking about.”