The Colossal company in Dallas continues the re -revitalization project of the extinct mammoths.
In this context, a woolen mouse with similar properties with mammoths was produced.
This genetically modified rodent, mammoth and other extinct animals, with light -colored feathers, extends up to 3 times an ordinary mouse, was obtained as a part of the efforts to revive.
It will allow the woolen mouse to test the hypotheses of the connection between DNA series and physical properties that facilitate mammoths to adapt to cold climates.
10 different variants were identified in the process that started with the detection of genetic variants separating the Asian elephants, the closest relatives of the mammoths.
These include variants such as feather length, feather thickness, texture, color and body oil.
Scientists targeting the FGF5 gene also changed the function of 3 genes about hair follicle development and structure.
Other target genes are MC1R. This gene affects the coloring of skin cells and the protection of ultraviolet rays against the sun, which is called ‘Red Gene’.
Scientists made 8 different arrangements in a total of 7 mouse genes using 3 advanced technology techniques.
“I think that the ability to organize more than one gene at the same time in mice at the same time and to achieve woolen appearance is a very important step,” he said.
There are also criticisms
On the other hand, Robin Lovell-Badge, President of Stem Cell Biology and Development Genetics Laboratory from the Francis Crick Institute in London, pointed out that there is no information as to whether the modeled moods have resistance to the cold in mammoths.
Lovell-Badge, “We have no knowledge of physiologies and behaviors at the moment we have cute feathered mice. This article teaches us very little biology,” he criticized.
“It is relatively easy to work with mice and cattle. The real problem is how to apply it on elephants.” evaluated.
Colossal company is working on animals such as Dodo, Tasmanian tiger and poured wolves.
Skeptic
Those who doubt these projects say that these money can be spent better elsewhere, while groining hybrid animals can endanger the living animals that are used by the carrier mother. They say that a mammoth can never be brought back.
