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Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / July 2007Frozen 10,000 year old Wooley Mammoth found in Siberia
10,000-Year-Old Frozen Baby Mammoth Found in Siberia Associated Press July 12 2007 http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1186536 summary: A 4-foot (1.2-meter) gray-and-brown carcass of a 10,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth was discovered in May by a reindeer herder in the Yamal-Nenets region. Alexei Tikhonov, deputy director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Zoological Institute, says that its trunk and eyes virtually intact and even some fur had remain. The mammoth would be sent to an institute in Japan for further study. question: Could a woolley mammoth be cloned from a frozen one? > 10,000-Year-Old Frozen Baby Mammoth Found in Siberia > Associated Press [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > question: > Could a woolley mammoth be cloned from a frozen one? There was talk about that a few years ago when another frozen carcass (one that had been in a frozen lake) was discovered, but I believe the DNA was too deteriorated to be of use. > 10,000-Year-Old Frozen Baby Mammoth Found in Siberia Associated Press > > question: > Could a woolley mammoth be cloned from a frozen one? A few strands of intact DNA could be recovered as has been done from other frozen specimens. But for cloning an intact cell nucleus is needed. That is very unlikely.  Signaturegautam > question: > Could a woolley mammoth be cloned from a frozen one? I thought the answer is a theoretical "yes", but there is no living mammal that can bring a birth to term. Elephants being the most obvious choice. SignatureThomas T. Veldhouse We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. >> question: >> Could a woolley mammoth be cloned from a frozen one? > > I thought the answer is a theoretical "yes", but there is no living > mammal > that can bring a birth to term. Elephants being the most obvious choice. No problem. I'll just invent a really big test tube. Lol. George |
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