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Scientists Clone Two Black-Footed Ferrets From Frozen Tissues in Conservation Effort

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-clone-two-black-footed-ferrets-from-frozen-tissues-in-conservation-effort-180984203/

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  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Very cool, no pun intended due to freezing of genetic material.

    I like that the last lines are key: “we can’t lose the creatures in the wild, but if we do, now we have an insurance policy”.

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