Thursday, April 23, 2015

Scientists have decoded the DNA completely woolly mammoth – BBC Russian

  • 23 April 2015

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Scientists were able to fully decipher the genetic code woolly mammoths. This is the first time that DNA was recovered animal that lived thousands of years ago.

Researchers have managed to extract genetic material from the teeth and muscle tissue of two mammoths lived with a difference of 40 thousand. years apart to repair their genome.

The work of scientists provides an opportunity to reconstruct this extinct animal, but the head of the project Love Dale warned that attempts to revive the woolly mammoths deliver unnecessary suffering elephant, which must be used as surrogate mothers.

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