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Spokane89 t1_jebbudp wrote

Two reasons: 1) cloning is more or less illegal 2) they need good DNA samples to try and clone from and folks wiping species from existence weren't really in the habit of preserving remains

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aspacelot t1_jebe6bz wrote

> they need good DNA samples to try and clone from and folks wiping species from existence weren’t really in the habit of preserving remains

Couldn’t they just fill in the missing gaps in DNA with that of similar specimens? Frogs capable of asexually reproducing, for example?

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Spokane89 t1_jebeqz2 wrote

I'm not super well versed in biology or cloning to confidently answer this question

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blindspot189 t1_jebei7l wrote

No laws against cloning animals in Germany, Great Britain, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece and The United States

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Spokane89 t1_jebfjsa wrote

It's down to states rights currently in the USA, and funding is hard to get generally afaik

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bikinibikes t1_jebe6vo wrote

On that second point, could a pelt be used? Or does the process of preserving a pelt render the DNA unusable?

Edit: clarified the question

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Spokane89 t1_jeben20 wrote

A lot of pelts are treated with things like arsenic or mercury which really fucks up DNA. They have been able to get samples off pelts, they did with tasmanian devils a few years back, but I'm not sure how viable that in regards to cloning.

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