How To Clone A Mammoth Analysis

De-extinction: The New Age Of Conservation De-extinction brings to the imagination dinosaur theme parks as those depicted in Jurassic Park, fantastical and dangerous creations for entertainment. In the world of real science that would be a grievous misuse of such a powerful tool, when the planet has more immediate issues that could be improved with such an advancement. The scientist’s in the movies extracted DNA from a mosquito preserved in amber. This method has been proven ineffective by Beth Shapiro, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. In her book “How to Clone a Mammoth,” shapiro and her colleagues replicated the same experiment using amber encased bees. After separating amber from bees they attempted to extract the DNA. It was concluded that no viable DNA was present. Despite the amber containing seeming perfect looking specimens, the amber itself can’t preserve anything; However, Bones remain the best source for extinct animal DNA (57-58).
Cloning a living animal is possible because we have a completed, undamaged DNA strand. Cloning …show more content…
At such places as the San Diego Frozen zoo, projects like Revive & Restore,” being lead by Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan, are taking the initiative of resurrecting living species that are lacking in biodiversity and numbers, such as the black-footed ferret. They are working to find and isolate diverse bits of their preserved DNA not present in their natural populations and use de-extinction technologies like CRISPR/cas9 to reintroduce the genes back into the populations, preventing birth defects from inbreeding. (Shapiro 8-9) Additionally, If traditional conservation were to fail at some point, we could use the this technology to create clones using the preserved DNA. Humans have the ability to effectively preserve our planet's biodiversity by cataloging the entire planet's biodiversity, a literal Noah’s

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