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Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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June 30th, 2010, 11:35 amby A Person
The San Diego Zoo has announced a plan to use frozen skin cells from a dead endangered drill monkey, convert them into sperm using viruses, and use them to impregnate female monkeys
New Scientist
Re: Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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June 30th, 2010, 11:41 amby SouthernFriedInfidel
Interesting trick. Wonder what sort of problems would be found when trying to create a population with such low genetic diversity? Would it be a long-tern futile effort? Or would it be simply a project to learn how to do this in hopes of reviving other species in the future?
Re: Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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June 30th, 2010, 12:42 pmby Liv
Surely BHL would offer his sperm, no? He wouldn't all those possible babies aborted?
Re: Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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June 30th, 2010, 12:46 pmby A Person
But do the monkeys love Jesus? It's a requirement
Re: Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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June 30th, 2010, 1:00 pmby Liv
So lets say scientist create a monkey human hybrid (quite possibly already have) ... Would it be okay to abort one under Biblical law?
Re: Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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July 6th, 2010, 2:20 pmby lewis
The team's long-term goal is to coax iPS cells into becoming sperm and eggs.You could actually breed from animals that are dead.The sperm and eggs could be used in IVF treatments to add genetic diversity to captive breeding programmes.
Re: Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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July 6th, 2010, 2:24 pmby A Person
Another mangled quote from the original article.
The team's long-term goal is to coax iPS cells into becoming sperm and eggs. They will be making iPS cells from tissue held by San Diego zoo's Frozen Zoo project - which has samples from some 8400 individuals representing more than 800 species. The sperm and eggs could be used in IVF treatments to add genetic diversity to captive breeding programmes. "You could actually breed from animals that are dead," says Loring
Is Lewis is about to spring spam upon us?
Re: Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead
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July 6th, 2010, 3:34 pmby Liv
A Person wrote:Another mangled quote from the original article.
Is Lewis is about to spring spam upon us?
I assume so.... these spammers are getting more creative... the IP is from India... which typically is the case...