Biological time machines: A realistic approach for cloning an extinct mammal

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Loi, Pasqualino ^a   Wakayama, Teruhiko ^b   Saragustry, Joseph ^c   Fulka Jr , Josef ^d   Ptak, Grazyna ^a  

^a Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cloning; Embryo transfer; Extinct animal; Nuclear integrity

Indexed keywords

CLONE; EXTINCTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; MAMMOTH; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80054768325     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00366     Document Type: Review

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