![]() In today's episode we bring you the second part of our conversation with Beth Shapiro: How her initial work mapping the dodo genome laid the groundwork to bring back a version of it from extinction, and how the knowledge scientists gain from de-extinction could help protect species under threat now. "I happen to have a dodo tattoo," she says. Her hope is that the technologies these de-extinction companies are developing will have applications for conservation.Īs Beth sets her sights on one major conservation priority, protecting vulnerable species of birds, she's also leading the effort to resurrect another iconic animal - one she has a special relationship with. But then one was spotted a mere year later. These dolphins were once plentiful, but have been doomed by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam and the increased boat traffic. That is exactly what companies like Colossal Biosciences and Revive and Restore are trying to do, with Beth's help. 7 Baiji(Yangtze River Dophin) The baiji were dolphins found exclusively in the Yangtze River. But there are technologies that will allow us to resurrect extinct traits, to move bits and pieces of genes that might be adapted to a large animal like an elephant living in the Arctic." ![]() "Once a species is gone, once it's extinct, it is not possible to bring back an identical copy of that species. ![]() "I wrote a book called How to Clone a Mammoth that was basically, you can't," she told Short Wave co-host Aaron Scott. Short Wave It's boom times in ancient DNA researchīut she still gets that question – she even published a book to try to answer it. In today's episode, how Beth Shapiro's initial work mapping the dodo genome laid the groundwork to bring back a version of it from extinction, and how the knowledge scientists gain from de-extinction could help protect species under threat now. And she is leading the effort on another iconic extinct species, the dodo. "But there are technologies that will allow us to resurrect extinct traits, to move bits and pieces of genes that might be adapted to a large animal like an elephant living in the Arctic." That is what companies like Colossal Biosciences and Revive and Restore are trying to do, with Beth's help. Could de-extinction of dodo, wooly mammoth aid conservation? : Short Wave As a leading expert on paleogenomics, Beth Shapiro has been hearing the same question ever since she started working on ancient DNA: "The only question that we consistently were asked was, how close are we to bringing a mammoth back to life?" In the second part of our conversation ( listen to yesterday's episode), Beth tells Short Wave co-host Aaron Scott that actually cloning a mammoth is probably not going to happen.
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