London, Dec 4 (ANI): The finding of a well-preserved bone marrow in a mammoth thighbone, from permafrost soil in Siberia, may help in cloning the extinct woolly mammal within five years.
According to Japan's Kyodo News, the teams from Russia's Sakha Republic's mammoth museum and Japan's Kinki University will launch fully-fledged joint research next year aiming to recreate the giant mammal.
The researchers have said that by replacing the nuclei of egg cells from an elephant with those taken from the mammoth's marrow cells, embryos with mammoth DNA can be produced.he scientists will then plant the embryos into elephant wombs for delivery, as the two species are close relatives, the Daily Mail reported.ecuring nuclei with an undamaged gene is essential for the nucleus transplantation technique.
Mammoths became extinct about 10,000 years ago but the discovery in August in Siberia has increased the chances of a successful cloning. (ANI)
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