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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Lisk91@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hank Green has a good video on the subject. This is like crafting in jeans to chimpanzees to make them stand upright and be hairless, and calling them human. There’s some cool technology going on here, but it isn’t anywhere near a full clone.

    youtu.be/Ar0zgedLyTw

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    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      BREAKING NEWS! AUSTRALOPITHECUS HAS JUST BEEN DE-EXTINCTED!

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      • SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Stephen Baxter catching strays…i

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    • Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thanks for the link, that’s an interesting material. However, I had to re-read that sentence three times trying to make sense of clothing items in genetics.

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  • cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They needed a grabby headline for their sponsors to get excited about. “Multiplex CRISPR gene editing on Grey Wolf” doesn’t scream SciFi enough.

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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So what’s the genetic difference? If the copy was good enough, surely they would be dire wolves? Also, what is the motivation to bring back dire wolves?

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    • oce@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Bringing back species that disappeared because of humans and restoring ecosystems are possible ones.

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      • ReluctantZen@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        that disappeared because of humans and restoring ecosystems are possible ones

        Yeah, 10,000 years ago. Is it really restoring when the ecosystem has been functioning for such a long period without it? Wouldn’t it sooner disrupt it?

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    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They’re still largely grey wolves DNA, with a few aesthetic genes of direwolf grafted in.

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  • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why be disappointed? This wolf died off for a reason. If you brought it back it would likely die off again. Beyond that if you don’t bring back a pack of them then they will be very lonely as they are pack animals.

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    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Big puppy

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    • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Probably because of constant media lies.

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  • jenni007@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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    • pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      b-b-but pidgeon

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      • psud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If you’re American I don’t think you really want passenger pigeons

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    We’ll have more accurate clones of more recently extinct species. DNA just doesn’t last that long.

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  • sunbytes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Haha the reaction guy does need a Winterfell style fur cloak around his shoulders though.

    But like, of LARP quality though.

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  • systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I said as much “How much of that DNA is just wolf? No way that thing is authentic.”

    And then both the people smiling look disappointed. Let me tell ya, I really know how to set a mood.

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  • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ffs now how am I supposed to sleep tonight?

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  • SnowChickenFlake@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, it’s nonetheless a step forward, and we should cherish it! 😁

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