The famous Hollywood Movie "Jurassic Park" and its sequels were
quite extraordinary, even if the genre was not totally unique to science
fiction. So, since life often mimics art, exactly how close are we to
seeing such a future reality come to fruition in the near term present
period? Well, interestingly enough some scientist believe we are
actually ready to bring a dinosaur back to life, albeit one that is not
all that ancient; the Wooly Mammoth.
There was an interesting article on Physorg (dot) com which was titled; "Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth," published on December 4, 2011. The article stated;
"Scientists from Japan and Russia say it may be possible to clone a mammoth after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia," and "By replacing the nuclei of egg cells from an elephant with those taken from the mammoth's marrow cells, embryos with mammoth DNA can be produced. The scientists will then plant the embryos into elephant wombs for delivery, as the two species are close relatives. Securing nuclei with an undamaged gene is essential for the nucleus transplantation technique, it said.
Okay so, Jurassic Park here we come right? Well, not exactly, in fact a viable species maybe completely doomed outright, unable to survive. But, before you nix my comment here, let me explain why using real biological facts and the reality of symbiotic relationships in complex biosystems.
Now then, for species to survive it needs those same food supply sources that were available to its predecessors, as that is what it had evolved with, meaning even if they bring the Wooly Mammoth to life using it's DNA, it will not have the necessary food to provide it with the gut bacteria it needs in the present period, thus, it may not survive at all. And if it does, it will be quite a bit different than the Wooly Mammoth of its day. It may not grow as large, as healthy, or have the normal life-expectancy.
Well, yes, it is possible it might live better, but more likely than not, it will have trouble merely surviving. If we do bring such an animal or "dinosaur" back to life then we'd need to also bring back its native food supply of the same era. If the last Wooly Mammoth lived on the Earth 25,000 years ago, then we'd need to bring back plants from that same era as well, so it has the right food to east you see? Please consider all this and think on it.
There was an interesting article on Physorg (dot) com which was titled; "Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth," published on December 4, 2011. The article stated;
"Scientists from Japan and Russia say it may be possible to clone a mammoth after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia," and "By replacing the nuclei of egg cells from an elephant with those taken from the mammoth's marrow cells, embryos with mammoth DNA can be produced. The scientists will then plant the embryos into elephant wombs for delivery, as the two species are close relatives. Securing nuclei with an undamaged gene is essential for the nucleus transplantation technique, it said.
Okay so, Jurassic Park here we come right? Well, not exactly, in fact a viable species maybe completely doomed outright, unable to survive. But, before you nix my comment here, let me explain why using real biological facts and the reality of symbiotic relationships in complex biosystems.
Now then, for species to survive it needs those same food supply sources that were available to its predecessors, as that is what it had evolved with, meaning even if they bring the Wooly Mammoth to life using it's DNA, it will not have the necessary food to provide it with the gut bacteria it needs in the present period, thus, it may not survive at all. And if it does, it will be quite a bit different than the Wooly Mammoth of its day. It may not grow as large, as healthy, or have the normal life-expectancy.
Well, yes, it is possible it might live better, but more likely than not, it will have trouble merely surviving. If we do bring such an animal or "dinosaur" back to life then we'd need to also bring back its native food supply of the same era. If the last Wooly Mammoth lived on the Earth 25,000 years ago, then we'd need to bring back plants from that same era as well, so it has the right food to east you see? Please consider all this and think on it.
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