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  • Produce mammoth stem cells, says creator of Dolly the sheep

    08/04/2013 8:27:25 AM PDT · by Renfield · 8 replies
    The Conversation ^ | 7-31-2013 | Ian Wilmut
    t is unlikely that a mammoth could be cloned in the way we created Dolly the sheep, as has been proposed following the discovery of mammoth bones in northern Siberia. However, the idea prompts us to consider the feasibility of other avenues. Even if the Dolly method is not possible, there are other ways in which it would be biologically interesting to work with viable mammoth cells if they can be found. In order for a Dolly-like clone to be born it is necessary to have females of a closely related species to provide unfertilised eggs, and, if cloned embryos...