>Ken wrote informatively:
> I've heard that hunters' dogs >sometimes feed on preserved mammoth meat and that there is a project to someday >recreate an offspring which will be around 60% mammoth genetically (and 40% modern >elephant) using cloned DNA from specimens. I asked one of our Biology faculty who has studied elephants about this project. You should have seen her face. Suffice it to say she thinks it highly unlikely that they will find usable DNA. Caroline ********************************* Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000
