Chinese scientists create world's first cloned yak in Tibet
Cloneface thread.
[quote]The healthy, black-coated animal represents the culmination of a two-year research project aimed at enhancing yak breeds through advanced genetic techniques. According to China Daily, researchers confirmed the calf is in good health and responding well.
[quote]The team specifically targeted traits including enhanced size, milk production capacity, and disease resistance – characteristics crucial for survival in Tibet's harsh, oxygen-thin environment. The cloned calf's birth weight exceeded that of typical yak newborns, suggesting successful trait selection.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 21, 2025 4:54 AM
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[quote] Cloneface thread.
Dollyface thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 20, 2025 5:44 PM
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r1 Damn, it was right there for my taking!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 20, 2025 5:46 PM
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Where are the dinosaurs and dodo birds?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 20, 2025 11:07 PM
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r3 Workable DNA is the issue. We don't even have a non-fragmented one for the Tasmanian tiger, which went extinct in 1936 (the dodo in 17th century). We do have preserved DNA from the woolly mammoth going back thousands of years thanks to the Arctic permafrost, but 66 million years when the last dinosaurs went extinct is a tall order. An impossible one actually, because DNA degrades long before that.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 21, 2025 3:21 AM
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Actually, birds are dinosaur - and in their therapod lineage is also T Rex. I suppose some brilliantly clever scientists could try to work backwards through avian DNA to try to get back to other dinosaur species, but it would be very iffy.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 21, 2025 4:44 AM
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Why can't they clone that big cock, circa 1998?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 21, 2025 4:54 AM
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