It will be hard enough to produce one woolly elephant, but to produce hundreds ... the Colossal researchers say they feel misjudged. Their mouse is a tool, they say, with which to test whether ...

Scientists created transgenic mice with woolly mammoth–like traits. But does it really bring us closer to bringing back woolly mammoths?

They would then have to test that work in more mouse models, and only if they succeed there try the same technique on an elephant. "The list of genes will continue to evolve,” says Lamm.

Related: Woolly mammoth de-extinction inches closer after elephant stem cell breakthrough "A mouse model is super useful in this case, because unlike elephants [whose gestation lasts about 22 ...

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