Scientists Optimistic About Getting a Mammoth Genome Complete Enough To Clone 187
Clark Schultz writes The premise behind Jurassic Park just got a bit more real after scientists in South Korea said they are optimistic they can extract enough DNA from the blood of a preserved woolly mammoth to clone the long-extinct mammal. The ice-wrapped woolly mammoth was found last year on an island off of Siberia. The development is being closely watched by the scientific community with opinion sharply divided on the ethics of the project.
obligatory Jurassic Park quote: (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.
--- Dr. Ian Malcolm
That's nothing (Score:5, Funny)
North Korea just anounced they've already cloned one (and T-Rex as well).
Re:Ethics? (Score:3, Funny)
I hear wooly mammoth is a little gamy.
20,000 years of freezer burn will do that I suppose.
Re:Exciting! (Score:4, Funny)
I hope something comes of this.
I predict at least one South Korean cavalry division mounted on war-mammoths.