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OneSpectra@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago

The dire wolf, which went extinct 12,500 years ago, revived by biotech company

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The dire wolf, which went extinct 12,500 years ago, revived by biotech company

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OneSpectra@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago
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Colossal Biosciences said it used ancient DNA from the extinct species to create three dire wolf pups named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi.
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  • Cad@lemmy.today
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    19 days ago

    Check out the latest Behind the Bastards podcast about this. Mostly a scam to raise funding and also a good bit of creepy eugenics tossed in too!

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    19 days ago

    Only not

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    False.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20250407190559/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/

    And Colossal claims it has turned grey wolves into dire wolves by making just 20 gene edits?

    That is the claim. In fact, 5 of those 20 changes are based on mutations known to produce light coats in grey wolves, Shapiro told New Scientist. Only 15 are based on the dire wolf genome directly and are intended to alter the animals’ size, musculature and ear shape.

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