Resuscitation and resurrection: The ethics of cloning cheetahs, mammoths, and Neanderthals

Life Sciences, Society and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cottrell, Sariah ^a   Jensen, Jamie L ^a   Peck, Steven L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered; Ethics; Extinct; Somatic cell nuclear transfer; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975784661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21957819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2195-7819-10-3     Document Type: Article

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