TL:DR Not dire wolves Not a case of de-extinction Grey wolves are nowhere near close relatives They tweaked the genes of grey wolves for some dire wolf characteristics like coat color, size and jaw strength They implanted the eggs in a domestic dog tribune.com.pk/story/253858... - ThreadSky

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TL:DR
Not dire wolves
Not a case of de-extinction
Grey wolves are nowhere near close relatives
They tweaked the genes of grey wolves for some dire wolf characteristics like coat color, size and jaw strength
They implanted the eggs in a domestic dog

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2538586/the-true-story-behind-time-magazine-cover-celebrating-de-extinction-of-dire-wolves-using-dna

Thanks for the break down 🤗

And did so much editing of genes that I kinda wonder if these wolves will crumble … (figuratively).
You never know what you’ve affected.

it's crisp, it is targeted

Quit being a party pooper.😝

Better to put more time in protecting the wolves we have. Rather than hunting them…. To extinction.

Colosal Biosciences are going to go full InGen within five years.

it is not "dire wolf" gene eidts, its edits to make them look like animals from the novel.

That's not entirely true. The coat colour and length they claim to have determined from gene sequencing and comparing with extant canids. That's what most of the CRISPR edits were for. Size and jaw strength was determined from fossil analysis.
https://crisprmedicinenews.com/press-release-service/card/colossal-announces-worlds-first-de-extinction-birth-of-dire-wolves/

They claim it’s “de-extinction”, so are all those claims substantiated.

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