#Km91#@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoDisappointedsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down14file-text
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoSo what’s the genetic difference? If the copy was good enough, surely they would be dire wolves? Also, what is the motivation to bring back dire wolves?
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThey’re still largely grey wolves DNA, with a few aesthetic genes of direwolf grafted in.
So what’s the genetic difference? If the copy was good enough, surely they would be dire wolves? Also, what is the motivation to bring back dire wolves?
They’re still largely grey wolves DNA, with a few aesthetic genes of direwolf grafted in.