Hello world,
A sheep has been cloned! Back in 2001, a cloned sheep by the name of Dolly was cloned. It was a member of the European mouflon species that live on Sardinia, Corsica and Cyprus. The sheep's DNA came from the body of an ewe that was found dead at a wildlife rescue centre in Sardinia. Dolly is the first successfully cloned member of her species, let alone endangered ones. Several other attempts have been made, but they have all ended in failure. This experiment points to the possibility of being able to reinstitute a species if they're completely wiped out, if the DNA is collected in time. This sounds like a good plan to me, but it should be a last resort. Hopefully, we'll be able to keep some species from completely dieing out this way.
Here's the link;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1573309.stm
Thursday, April 22, 2010
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