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What are some potential dangers of cloning extinct mammals such as the mammoth?
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∙ 9y ago
The cloning of life remains a deeply controversial and vexing issue due to the ethical implications the technology creates. In reference to literally resurrecting extinct species this creates the introduction of new and alien organisms into a biosphere. Other dangers include the humane treatment as cloning cannot assure the organism may suffer through its creation or if their offspring will be viable and healthy.
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∙ 15y agoThe world today is so different, in terms of environment and the extinct mammal such as the mammoth would not necessarily be able to strive in todays world. Cloning extinct mammals might disrupt an ecosystem, if reintroduced after so many years of being absent.
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What marine mammals are extinct?
There are some whales that are supposed to be extinct. But some "extinct" animals have been found in deeper waters. There are also ancient marine mamels during the dinosour periods.
What are the distinguishing characteristics of Eutherians?
Eutherians are a group of mammals consisting of placental mammals plus all extinct mammals that are more closely related to living placentals (such as humans) than to livingmarsupials (such as kangaroos).
What is a mammals ecological niche?
The extinct dog-like mammals are from a biological family of carnivorous mainly called Canidae. The Canidae includes almost 34 species from the manned wolf to bush dogs (short in length).
What was the result of the Cretaceous Tertiary extinction 65 million years ago?
Dinosaurs went extinct and mammals were able to fill the huge ecological niche that was left behind.
Did mammals appear in the fossil record before dinosaurs or after?
Mammals actually first came into existence about 220 million years ago, which is about 155 million years before the dinosaurs went extinct, and only about 10 million years after they themselves first evolved. So mammals actually lived alongside the dinosaurs, though played a much smaller role.
What are some of the potential dangers of cloning extinct mammals?
Read "Jurrassic Park" by Michale Crichton. There's your answer
Why are Mammals exstinct?
You and I are both mammals, and we are definitely not extinct.
How is the cloning of genes different from the cloning mammals?
The difference between cloning genes and cloning a mammal is that when a gene is cloned, it is typically removed from a DNA sequence and inserted into an organism. The cloning of a mammal, however, is when a somatic cells from the mammal are cloned to produce a "copy" of the mammal.
Are mammals extinct?
Not at all. Mammals are alive and well, and include all creatures with fur/hair and skin. Horses, dogs, cats, mice, kangaroos, bears, etc are all just a small sample of the mammals which are not extinct. Mammoths, on the other hand, were ancient mammals which are now extinct.
How many extinct mammals in the world?
37
What prevents scientists from cloning humans despite the fact that other mammals such as sheep have been cloned?
there are many ethical problems involved in cloning humans
Are Aquatic placental mammals extinct?
Not at all. Aquatic placental mammals include dolphins, whales and dugong.
Mammals became dominant only after?
after dinsaurs became extinct
What if dinosaurs were not extinct?
we and all large mammals would not be around
Are placental mammals extinct?
No, not all mammals are placental. There are two other groups of mammals: the monotremes and the marsupials.Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and marsupials are generally pouched mammals, although not all marsupials have fully developed pouches.
Are clouded leopards extinct or endangered?
YES! They are mammals so of course
Are marsupials extinct?
No, Marsupials are not extinct. Some might be endangered, but not extinct. Koalas are marsupial mammals but they are not extinct. Kangaroos are marsupials, not extinct. But some may be extinct.Marsupials are simply pouched mammals, and are very common in Australia.Some extinct species of marsupials include:lesser bilbybroad-faced potoroodesert bandicootdesert rat-kangaroo (not kangaroo rat, which is not a marsupial)Toolache wallabyEastern hare-wallabyCrescent nail-tail wallabyThylacine
