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Topic: impossible to clone?
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spillo
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posted 24-03-2005 07:26
  
Dear people of this forum,
I am a new member from Italy. Last month I read in an Italian newspaper that it is impossible to clone a thylacine, because the DNA of the animal preserved in alcohol was damaged. I am disappointed because I hope that clonation of an extinct animal should be possible in ten or twenty years.Does anybody who lives in Australia or Tasmania know if this experiment has failed? Anyway I am convinced that few thylacines still exist in Tasmania! ------------------
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jarold
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posted 28-03-2005 06:33
Hi spillo,It is true that the tylacine DNA is damaged in the alcohol. It is broken up into +/- 2 milion peaces. The experiment to clone a thylacine from this DNA is not failed, the store the DNA now good that it can not break up further. Also, thanks of the experiment, the can make as many copy's of the DNA as the want.
But repair the DNA is very difficult, I hope that sience hase a solution for it in future.
Cross mine fingers ... Martijn IP: Logged |
Cenci
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posted 18-10-2005 17:35
Last week I have read in an italian economic newspaper just few lines about the possibility of a new experiment of clonation.
Does anybody know something about that?
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ty
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posted 27-01-2006 12:34
It is true that the dna was damiged but scientists are going to replace the missing genomes with a related type of animal. in this case they will use the tasmainian devel to repair th dnaIP: Logged |
Tazzy Tiger Dreamer
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posted 20-11-2006 12:05
it is damaged but, yes they were going to repair the damaged cells of the DNA. SO... they might be able to!!! i hope so... oh, a question... What would they clone the tazzy tiger to? it has to be a marsupial. becuase that is how the tazzy grew. tasmanian devil maybe?IP: Logged |
Warlock
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posted 04-01-2007 00:09
Maybe 2007-∞ it will be more simple to clone or create a hybrid creature.[This message has been edited by Warlock (edited 04-01-2007).] IP: Logged |
tyfoon
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posted 19-02-2007 22:38
Hi everybody....
I am new here and this is the first post for me. i am from Saudi Arabia and the story of thylacine extenction really fascinated me. moreover my attraction to the Ausstralian contenent and it's wildlife, plus it's livestock enhanced my admirety of the thylacine. all those reasons lead me to search for such forum.
i hope that one morning we hear that thalacine is back to live again.IP: Logged |
youcantryreachingme
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posted 22-05-2007 23:38
Oops - just posted this same info in the "sightings" forum, where there was mention of the cloning project, but it seems this thread has been much more active.I have just written a short summary of the history of the thylacine cloning project (which I believe is still active), together with some links to additional resources, here:
http://www.wherelightmeetsdark.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=71 IP: Logged |
Quollfan
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posted 21-02-2008 14:06
Reading about the Tasmanian tiger, it beats me how governments and people continue to make the same mistakes - totally exterminating beautiful animals that can't possibly be brought back. The most recent one is the Baiji, or Chinese river dolphin. Like the thylacine, it's a highly marketed animal, at least in terms of image, but it appears to have become extinct in 2006. Tragic!IP: Logged |
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