Re: Scientists To Bring Dead Mammoth Back To Life
Sex cells (Ova and Sperm) have half the genetic information when they come together you get information for a complete creature. What they will probably try doing is taking the full genetic information from one of the mammoth cells, taking an ovum from a she-elephant and removing her half of the genetic information from it … Insert the mammoth genes and then by zapping it with electricity they intend to activate the cell splitting process.
This is generally how they made Dolly the sheep - except the ovum was sheep and the genetic material was sheep … in this case it might be more difficult - but not entirely impossible since a horse and donkey can produce offspring naturally.