What are some of the technical challenges of cloning a mammoth?  Check all that are true   Ancient mammoth DNA has degraded so it is hard to know the complete genome sequence   Mammoth gestation time is likely too short to allowing cloning   A living surrogate mother would have to be used, which could pose problems since the closest relative to mammoths is endangered elephants   A living oocyte would have to be obtained from an extant species, which could pose problems since the closest relative to mammoths is endangered elephants   Mammoths lived so long ago that they used a different genetic code than modern animals   There are no enzymes in existence that could ligate together mammoth DNA sequence with elephant sequence   Mammoths probably had egg shells, which would be hard to penetrate with a needle

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What are some of the technical challenges of cloning a mammoth?  Check all that are true

 

Ancient mammoth DNA has degraded so it is hard to know the complete genome sequence

 

Mammoth gestation time is likely too short to allowing cloning

 

A living surrogate mother would have to be used, which could pose problems since the closest relative to mammoths is endangered elephants

 

A living oocyte would have to be obtained from an extant species, which could pose problems since the closest relative to mammoths is endangered elephants

 

Mammoths lived so long ago that they used a different genetic code than modern animals

 

There are no enzymes in existence that could ligate together mammoth DNA sequence with elephant sequence

 

Mammoths probably had egg shells, which would be hard to penetrate with a needle

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