First Inter-Species Egg Clone Imminent

Posted by michael on Monday January 8, 2001 @11:56PM from the invasion-of-the-body-snatchers dept.

ArghBlarg writes: "As an update to their October report, New Scientist Magazine reports that the birth of the first animal cloned by placing the genome of one into the egg of another is only a week away. The egg of a domestic cow had its nucleus removed and the genes of a female gaur, which died in 1993, were inserted. If the birth is a success, it clears the way for endangered (or even extinct) animals with closely-related, extant cousins, to be re-created. Perhaps 'species banks' can become a reality eventually."

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If you find amber with a fly in it, incinerate it by Bojay+Iverson · 2001-01-08 19:15 · Score: 3

Please, no dinosaurs. I'll be interested to see what happens with this guy though.

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