Is it possible to clone recently extinct species which have been preserved?

Subject: Is it possible to clone recently extinct species which have been preserved?

Date: Sun Mar 7 00:36:32 1999
Posted by Gail Brenda Cross
Grade level: undergrad School: Monash University
City: Melbourne State/Province: Victoria Country: Australia
Area of science: Molecular Biology
ID: 920788592.Mb

Message:


An example of such an animal is the Tasmanian Tiger. If it is 
possible, would the mechanisms involved be similar to that 
employed to clone sheep?  
Recently,  nuclei taken from the skin cells of pigs, rats, sheep 
and even cynomolgus monkeys were transplanted into cows' eggs and 
these embryos developed as far as blastocysts. Perhaps this can 
be employed to bring back the Tasmanian Tiger?

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