Scientists resurrect mammoth's mutated genes

[Still Waters]

Some 4,000 years ago, a tiny population of woolly mammoths died out on Wrangel Island, a remote Arctic refuge off the coast of Siberia.

They may have been the last of their kind anywhere on Earth.

To learn about the plight of these giant creatures and the forces that contributed to their extinction, scientists have resurrected a Wrangel Island mammoth's mutated genes. The goal of the project was to study whether the genes functioned normally. They did not.

The research builds on evidence suggesting that in their final days, the animals suffered from a medley of genetic defects that may have hindered their development, reproduction and their ability to smell.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-scientists-resurrected-wrangel-island-mammoth.html

Previously:

 

[Grim Reaper 6]

14 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

Some 4,000 years ago, a tiny population of woolly mammoths died out on Wrangel Island, a remote Arctic refuge off the coast of Siberia.

They may have been the last of their kind anywhere on Earth.

To learn about the plight of these giant creatures and the forces that contributed to their extinction, scientists have resurrected a Wrangel Island mammoth's mutated genes. The goal of the project was to study whether the genes functioned normally. They did not.

The research builds on evidence suggesting that in their final days, the animals suffered from a medley of genetic defects that may have hindered their development, reproduction and their ability to smell.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-scientists-resurrected-wrangel-island-mammoth.html

Previously:

 

Thanks for the thread this was very interesting.

Peace

[Piney]

1 hour ago, Still Waters said:

To learn about the plight of these giant creatures and the forces that contributed to their extinction, scientists have resurrected a Wrangel Island mammoth's mutated genes. The goal of the project was to study whether the genes functioned normally. They did not.

 

They "bottlenecked" and Darwined out. 

My tribe "bottlenecked" due to inbreeding. We have a whole slew of genetic problems now.