Scientists may be on the verge of
cloning a woolly mammoth. Scientists have been making clones of animals so that
they can study genes better. They only need a small amount of DNA to be able to
replicate it and male a clone. Because the remains of mammoths are mostly found
in permafrost, their remains consist of tusks, bones, flesh and even hair.
Because these creatures are so well-preserved scientists are hoping to find
living cells which they would need to clone a mammoth. Because the cloning
mission is not going well, scientists are hoping to make a mammoth/elephant
hybrid by splicing their genes together. Scientists are hoping that by bringing
back the mammoth that they will graze on the artic tundra, exposing the cold
ground underneath, therefore cooling down the earth. I think that this would be
a very cool way to tackle the climate change problem. If bringing back a prehistoric
animal would solve climate change it would help the environment and also
provide the opportunity to study prehistoric animals.
https://www.history.com/news/wooly-mammoth-resurrection-cloning-genesis
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/cloning/
I really like the topic you chose for you blog post. I find this topic really interesting because it talks about scientist making clone of animals to study genes better. I never heard something like that before where scientist are doing such a experiment like that.
ReplyDeleteThis has to be one of the coolest ways scientist can fight climate change if it was able to work. I think if scientists were able to bring back the wooly mammoth from the DNA of the elephant would mean a future in bringing back extinct animals.
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