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Liquid blood from 10,000-year-old mammoth (2013) (lemmy.world)
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[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Apparently they have DNA from a few different ones now. They have 70-80% of the genome from these guys. The problem is the DNA is kinda falling apart and is mixed up with a bunch of microbes and other organic fodder, they're reconstructing the genome using elephant DNA structure as a guide.

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