Mammoths could be cloned within five years

Cloning usually works by taking the nucleus out of a fertilised egg cell and replacing it with - in this case - a mammoth nucleus. Since the nucleus contains something like 99.9% of the DNA, the result would be almost purely mammoth. Indeed; the elephant is only a receptacle of the egg, which has had its DNA replaced completely by mammoth DNA. A mammoth from any womb is still a mammoth, not a hybrid just because it was carried in the body of another species.

I second that. Why the hell not. Man has created so much death and different ways to kill people, some actualy whine about creating life. Bunch off fools. How many species go extinct every year due to man and people have the nerve to whine. I say we take some of Canada`s military budget aka 65 new f-14s sell one plane and make a thousand sq km pen in the arctic. For those that think this is wrong, grow up. Jurrasic park was a movie Indeed, lets hope warming does not send them extinct, as soon as we resurrect them though.

i hardly think a mammoth would be any kind of risk to ecology after all its just another elephant and to be honest really isnt that interesting to begin with wow a hairy elefent how ..boring lol I reckon they would be awesome to see. Some were bigger than elephants, imagine how many jumpers would be in just one shearing!

Yes I too wish to see that. A few of the extinct Australian megafauna would be cool too. It has got to be a shot in the arm for poor old Mike, he has been valiantly pursuing this for a very long time now. I really hope he realizes his dream.

Is the atmosphere we have today suitable for a mammoth?

Is the atmosphere we have today suitable for a mammoth? Yes. Wooly Mammoths survived on Wrangel Island to a recent 1650BC.

Clone a mammoth? Not so fast - Reports from Japan suggest that long-extinct woolly mammoths could be cloned back into existence within five years, but don't hold your breath. "C'mon, it'll never happen. Not in my lifetime," said Webb Miller, a Penn State computer scientist and genomicist who helped decipher the genetic code of a woolly mammoth. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/06/9254548-clone-a-mammoth-not-so-fast

Clone a mammoth? Not so fast - Reports from Japan suggest that long-extinct woolly mammoths could be cloned back into existence within five years, but don't hold your breath. "C'mon, it'll never happen. Not in my lifetime," said Webb Miller, a Penn State computer scientist and genomicist who helped decipher the genetic code of a woolly mammoth. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/06/9254548-clone-a-mammoth-not-so-fast Hrmmz, I am not so sure about that: Australian researchers had to scrap plans to clone the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction, although they later succeeded in transfe... [More]

I don't think its possible..There are reasons why different living things existed and died.You can't bring a prehistoric living thing to life which would suit this environment.

so...when are the cavewomen hookers going to be ready?