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Next stop Jurassic Park? For the first time ever, scientists have cloned an extinct animal. The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain. Shortly before its death, scientists preserved skin samples of the goat in liquid nitrogen. Using DNA taken from these skin samples, the scientists were able to replace the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats to clone a female Pyrenean ibex.

Next stop Jurassic Park?

For the first time ever, scientists have cloned an extinct animal. The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain. Shortly before its death, scientists preserved skin samples of the goat in liquid nitrogen. Using DNA taken from these skin samples, the scientists were able to replace the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats to clone a female Pyrenean ibex.

pilnick posted this on February 1, 2009