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Ancient DNA: methods and protocols
by Hofreiter, Michael, Shapiro, Beth
fromMethods in molecular biology
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Type: Book
An insider's view on bringing extinct species back to lifeCould extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient DNA research, addresses this intriguing question …
Prologue: Providence -- Bone mining -- Origin story -- Blitzkrieg -- Lactase persistence -- Lake cow bacon -- Polled -- Intended consequences -- Turkish delight. "Humans seem to be destroying nature with incessant fiddling. We can use viruses to insert genes for pesticide resis…
"Virus-free mosquitoes, resurrected dinosaurs, designer humans - such is the power of the science of tomorrow. But this idea that we have only recently begun to manipulate the natural world is false. We've been meddling with nature since the last ice age. It's just that we're ge…