Chinese scientists have successfully recombined a mouse’s chromosomes to create the world’s first mammal with fully reprogrammed genes. Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing broke down the chromosomes into different segments and rearranged them in different combinations to create a new package of genes, resulting in the mouse […]
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Chinese scientists successfully create world’s first mammal with fully reprogrammed genes
Researchers discover 74-million-year-old mammal – Watch
Researchers in Chile have discovered a skunk-like mammal from the dinosaurs era that could data as far back as 74 million years.The researchers uncovered a fossilized jawbone with five teeth which belonged to a species called Orretherium tzen.The skunk-like mammal inhabited southern Patagonia alongside dinosaurs.”More than anything else, this and other discoveries will also allow […]
Creature from the deep: Strange sea mammal washes up on African beach (PHOTOS)
The strange-looking creature was found by researchers from the Namibian Dolphin Project as they walked along Sandwich Harbour in Dorob National Park last week. READ MORE: Culprit in decades-old lunar mystery finally found through lost Apollo tapes “We noticed an unusual object lying just above the high-water mark on the beach,” the group explained on […]
Rising seas will drown mangrove forests
Mangrove forest at high tide. Credit: Global Change Institute Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, international research published today says.Even with relatively low sea-level rises, many mangrove forests had a poor outlook said Professor Catherine Lovelock, a University of Queensland ecologist. “Mangrove forests are particularly vulnerable,” she said. “Mangroves […]