How to Clone a Mammoth - Beth Shapiro

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/19/Beth_Shapiro_How_to_Make_a_Dodo

Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro examines the difficulties involved in cloning a mammoth from frozen DNA samples.

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Rhodes Scholar and acclaimed researcher of ancient DNA Beth Shapiro discusses her research findings. She explains why Jurassic Park couldn't work, the lack of genetic diversity in Bison and how mosquitoes can live in the arctic.

"How to make a Dodo," is part of the 2008 Chautauqua Institution's Darwin and Linnaeus: Their Impact on Our View of the Natural World. - Chautauqua Institution

Beth Shapiro is an assistant professor of biology at Pennsylvania State University and is a widely acclaimed researcher in the brand-new field of ancient DNA. She was recently a featured scientist in a special Smithsonian magazine section, "37 Under 36: America's Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences" for her work analyzing the DNA of the long-extinct dodo bird.

Ancient DNA research analyzes the genes of extinct plants and animals, letting scientists trace the evolution and extinction of species with a precision unimaginable just five years ago. By comparing dodo DNA with the genes of five other species, for example, Dr. Shapiro's research established that the flightless bird was a distant relative of the pigeon. Her 2004 paper in Science argued that the bison decline began much earlier than suspected - about 37,000 years ago - and was thus not caused primarily by human hunters in North America.

As a Rhodes Scholar in 1999, Dr. Shapiro apprenticed with Oxford University's Alan Cooper, a pioneer in ancient DNA research, and in the six years since, she has risen to the top of the field. She would eventually replace Dr. Cooper as the head of Oxford's Henry Wellcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre where she stayed until her appointment at Penn State this fall.

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[toolkills]

i really understand where youre coming from ....but isnt the curiosity in you strong enough to overpower the naturalist philosophy?????....im sure its a terrible idea but the little boy in me really doesnt care....I WANNA SEE DINOSAURS!!!!...hehe

[CrownOfTheTown]

Shes a cutie.

[piggyfreak06]

she sounds very awkward o_o

[kju813]

How many years will be old baby mammoth,beacuse when start cloned sheep doly baby dead with arthritis chronicus.

[happinesson]

why clone if we can reproduce naturally? in some way or another there might be discrepancies that can occur during cloning. There is no specimen that is exactly alike.

[MrElloco1979]

Who gives a shit about a hairy elephant

[FireDropTechnologies]

one at a time,

live cell, remove one cromezone.

Inject the mamoth cromezone,

Remove the second Elephant cromezone,

Insert the second Mamoth cromezone.

Not realy as complex as you try to make it. do you also work for the catholic diacies?

[FireDropTechnologies]

There are say Approximatly three forms of , and or Spiecies of Elephant still living.

How much live DNA splicing would you realy need to replicat the dead DNA, rather than regrowing it form dead DNA, simply splice it. Like the Way a Chimp has most of the same DNA as you.

[ThePurpPuffer]

mammoth HA probably harmful as a elephant

[rollinghills22]

This is absolutely preposterous!! The whole theory in general concurs with Olins law of DNA reconstruction which was proved futile. The mammoth has 2 dividing nucleus membranes just like it's close cousin the elephant. In order to clone a mammoth, one would need to transfer cytoplasm from a living mammoth cell to an invertabinary cell with NO Helix structure whatsoever. A much simpler answer is to extract DNA from a mosquito trapped in tree sap like they did in Jurassic Park *bow* "Thank you"

[BuzzinFr0g]

@Murdock129 Yes, in light of some new techniques a team is attempting to clone a woolly mammoth. The predict chance of success is around 40% and the estimated time until we see the live animal, if everything goes well, is about four years. It's very, very cool.