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Re: Clone

Jurassic Park all over again.
I would be careful with this kind of technology!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: Clone


> I saw a blurb about this earlier today.  Basically, a group of scientists
in Iowa created an exact copy of a dead gaur by taking the egg of a cow,
scraping it of its genetic material, and inserting genetic material from a
skin cell of a dead gaur.
>
> Many of the news reports were discussing how "extinct animals cannot be
brought back to life this way because live cells are needed."
>
> Hypothetically, though, if DNA was found frozen in good condition from
something that recently went extinct, say an Irish Elk, then could this
method work?  If the DNA was in good condition, then HYPOTHETICALLY this
would be possible.  The DNA from the dead gaur was kept fresh by being
frozen, if I recall correctly.
>
> To my knowledge, a complete strand of frozen DNA from any kind of
prehistoric species of organism has not been found.  Perhaps I am wrong.
But if some is found, then perhaps this method would work.
>
> Then, to start the morality debate....
>
> Steve
>
> >>Patrick Norton posted this link:
> >>http://www.msnbc.com/msn/473843.asp
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