Waiting for the New Birth Mammoth

Washington, Dream brings to return dinosaur and bring back animals such as the ancient sekuel Jurassic Park again for a near reality. Scientists successfully to map most of the genetic code of mammoths ancient, older brother who has a body elephants haired dogs.

List of the genetic code are translated extracts from the cell 20 mammoths clump of hair taken from the mummy of mammoths found in Siberia layer of ice, Russia. Mamoth which can grow to a more than 5 meters of life around 10,000 years ago.

If the entire genetic map (genome) finished coding, mammoths may not be turned on again through biotechnology. Scientists who conducted the research predicts 10-20 in the years ahead, mammoths can be turned on again line the global development of cloning technology, the parent cells, and the like.

"That's possible. The need to question precisely because we know can do a when, whether we should do?" said Stephan Schuster, a specialist biochemistry Pennsylvania State University who conducted the research.

Extraction of DNA from hair snagat than promises from the fossil bone that is found in the ancient beings other. As an illustration, extract the cells from human bone Neanderthal leaving only 6 percent of the list of all the DNA.

While the hair from mammoths, as reported in the latest journal Nature, has been drawing 80 percent of the list of DNA. Code live the rest of time, given the extracted cells are still intact are very good in a layer of ice.

However, there has not been a single scientist who knows how to exploit the genetic code to revive the mammoths. Obviously, scientists find ways harsu produce embryo mammoths from the genetic material.

At least there are two ways that may be used to change the genetic material is a mammoths living. The first is to use the cells as the elephant that you have a genetic not much different. Another way is producing a new organism with the chain per bagain code gentika. Both methods are equally complex and difficult at this time, but not impossible soon.

Japanese scientists involved in the research mummy Siberia mammoths even have other ambitions, which allows more. Currently, they are still trying to find the remaining sperm that may durable in Mammoth carcasses body. If the sperm is still intact, not a mammoths may not be born from the womb animal elephant. Who knows.



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