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Cloning the Woolly Mammoth
In November 2008, a team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania reported they had sequenced a large fraction of the Mammoth genome. The genome of any living species is the DNA genes which make up the chromosomes that reside in the nucleus of every cell and if we have that, then we might be able recreate the entire beast. We are on the road that leads to cloning a whoolly mammoth.
Continue reading...The World’s Fastest Evolving Animal
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A recent study has found that the tuatara, a “living dinosaur” found in New Zealand, is the fastest evolving animal in the world. The tuatara is an ecological oddity. While it resembles a lizard, it’s equally related to both lizards and snakes. This has made
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Monday, November 24, 2008
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