Hank Green has a good video on the subject. This is like grafting genes into chimpanzees to make them stand upright and be hairless, and calling them human. There's some cool technology going on here, but it isn't anywhere near a full clone.
Thanks for the link, that's an interesting material. However, I had to re-read that sentence three times trying to make sense of clothing items in genetics.
UPDATE: It has been fixed. Thank you : ).
Well, have you tried bending over in skinny jeans?
BREAKING NEWS! AUSTRALOPITHECUS HAS JUST BEEN DE-EXTINCTED!
They needed a grabby headline for their sponsors to get excited about. "Multiplex CRISPR gene editing on Grey Wolf" doesn't scream SciFi enough.
Is anyone surprised by this? I feel like similar things have happened in the past with back breeding
Why be disappointed? This wolf died off for a reason. If you brought it back it would likely die off again. Beyond that if you don’t bring back a pack of them then they will be very lonely as they are pack animals.
Anyway… this is useless science for humanity. Let’s focus on saving the species that are still alive.
b-b-but pidgeon
If you're American I don't think you really want passenger pigeons
We’ll have more accurate clones of more recently extinct species. DNA just doesn’t last that long.
Haha the reaction guy does need a Winterfell style fur cloak around his shoulders though.
But like, of LARP quality though.
Ffs now how am I supposed to sleep tonight?
Well, it's nonetheless a step forward, and we should cherish it! 😁
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