"Lazarus Project" Clones Extinct Frog71
Posted by samzenpuson Monday March 18, @09:39AM
from the welcome-back dept.
from the welcome-back dept.
cylonlover writes "Australian scientists have successfully revived and reactivated the genome of an extinct frog. The 'Lazarus Project' team implanted cell nuclei from tissues collected in the 1970s and kept in a conventional deep freezer for 40 years into donor eggs from a distantly-related frog. Some of the eggs spontaneously began to divide and grow to early embryo stage with tests confirming the dividing cells contained genetic material from the extinct frog. The extinct frog in question is the Rheobatrachus silus, one of only two species of gastric-brooding frogs, or Platypus frogs, native to Queensland, Australia. Both species became extinct in the mid-1980s and were unique amongst frog species for the way in which they incubated their offspring."
From WPClipart, a picture of a female passenger pigeon, below.
Wouldn't it be something to resurrect extinct species!
Posted by: Hattie | March 18, 2013 at 10:28 PM
Yes! Me, I'm waiting for a dinosaur!!
Posted by: m.e. | March 19, 2013 at 09:38 AM
They'd better hurry up if I'm to see any extinct species resurrected!
Posted by: Cop Car | March 19, 2013 at 04:35 PM