Comments on: Woolly Mammoth Cloned Within Five Years? We’ll Believe It When We Ride It http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heidihale61 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/comment-page-1/#comment-86551 Heidihale61 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:29:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20239#comment-86551 I hope they succeed because I would really like to see a woly mammoth in my life time ... But I have heard that woly mammoths are much larger than elephants and if that is true I don't think the elephant will be able to carry a woly mammoth? I hope they succeed because I would really like to see a woly mammoth in my life time … But I have heard that woly mammoths are much larger than elephants and if that is true I don’t think the elephant will be able to carry a woly mammoth?

]]> By: MikkaWorks Organics http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81719 MikkaWorks Organics Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20239#comment-81719 This is just pointless, we are running out of land for wild animals and they want to introduce new(old) ones. This is just pointless, we are running out of land for wild animals and they want to introduce new(old) ones.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81676 Anonymous Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:10:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20239#comment-81676 Just wait for the first nondomesticated alphamale homosapiens, that will be fun. 20000 years of war ... again. Just wait for the first nondomesticated alphamale homosapiens, that will be fun. 20000 years of war … again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81607 Anonymous Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:52:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20239#comment-81607 Mitochondrial DNA is passed down from mother to offspring and does not exist within the nucleus of a cell. The only way to get Mammoth MDNA into the population would be to use a different kind of cloning process. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down from mother to offspring and does not exist within the nucleus of a cell. The only way to get Mammoth MDNA into the population would be to use a different kind of cloning process.

]]> By: Wolftrail34 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81605 Wolftrail34 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:54:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20239#comment-81605 Well, once they get one, they can get another and another untill a breeding population can be established..once that is completed, they will eventually be almost entirely Mammoth.. Well, once they get one, they can get another and another untill a breeding population can be established..once that is completed, they will eventually be almost entirely Mammoth..

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81479 Anonymous Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:32:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20239#comment-81479 No easy task, but the rewards would definitely be worth the effort. Think about it: if our primitive ancestors were willing to take one of those beasts down with nothing more than a bunch of pointy sticks then they must be <em>delicious.</em> No easy task, but the rewards would definitely be worth the effort. Think about it: if our primitive ancestors were willing to take one of those beasts down with nothing more than a bunch of pointy sticks then they must be delicious.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/06/woolly-mammoth-cloned-within-five-years-well-believe-it-when-we-ride-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81474 Anonymous Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:32:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20239#comment-81474 Whether or not it is successfull we ought to give it a try. Of course- there will be some questions regarding whether it is truly "mammoth".- the Mitochondrial DNA will be elephant- it will be exposed to the birthing and society of elephant. It will certainly be a lot closer to any Wooly Mammoth than we have alive today- but will it truly be a Wooly Mammoth? I don't have enough knowledge to say whether they will succeed- but I sure hope they do. Whether or not it is successfull we ought to give it a try.

Of course- there will be some questions regarding whether it is truly “mammoth”.- the Mitochondrial DNA will be elephant- it will be exposed to the birthing and society of elephant.

It will certainly be a lot closer to any Wooly Mammoth than we have alive today- but will it truly be a Wooly Mammoth?

I don’t have enough knowledge to say whether they will succeed- but I sure hope they do.

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