CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to one of the last such animals found in the wild, the U.S.
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Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
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2 more endangered ferrets cloned from animal frozen in the 1980s:
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to one of the last such animals found in the wild, the U.S.
Two new black-footed ferret clones have been born over three years after a black-footed ferret became the first-ever endangered U.S. species to be cloned — and they used the same genetic material as the first clone.
Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of critters genetically identical to one last found in the wild.
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