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#direwolf

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Sarah Dal

A bit more on Colossal, the company who claimed to have "brought back the dire wolf". they are claiming the patents on the animals they de-extinct, so even if they actually do bring back the mammoth, they will all belong to Colossal.

technologyreview.com/2025/04/1

#de-extinction #DireWolf

MIT Technology Review · Jurassic Patent: How Colossal Biosciences is attempting to own the “woolly mammoth”By Antonio Regalado
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Desert Trail

I feel like being told by #indigenous Elders it would be nice if they could bring back the #bison , but then deciding dire wolves are a better choice is totally missing the point of their self-stated mission. I’d don’t think we can really call dire wolves a keystone species. thefp.com/p/is-dire-wolf-real- #direwolf #genetics #geneediting

The Free Press · Is the Dire Wolf Truly Back from the Dead?By Johanna Berkman
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Xamanismo Coletivo

#deExtinction: "The American company #Colossal changed only 14 genes to produce its cute "#direwolf" puppies. Curiously, all 14 are genes with effects on the appearance of animals, being linked to the colour, thickness and length of the fur and the size of the animals.

Is #resurrecting a species now just #cosplaying an extinct animal with a current species? To top it off, George R.R. Martin himself - yes, the author of #GameofThrones - signs the scientific article as well. And he is an investor in the company. He compared the feat to a form of "magic". Only if it's to magically fatten his bank account even more."

www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/

Folha de S.Paulo · Opinião - Reinaldo José Lopes: Notas sobre a pantomima do lobo-giganteDados básicos sobre genoma de mamíferos mostram que não aconteceu 'desextinção' nenhuma
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ansuz / ऐरन

I've found all the discourse about Colossal Biosciences "Dire wolf" announcement very annoying, because it seems like a lot of the exchanges have been between a bunch of pedantic nerds and what is probbaly Colossal's marketing/public-outreach department.

Honestly, I think both camps are wrong in their own way, and it's turning into more of a shouting match than anything.

The core problem is that there are many different definitions of species, none of which are perfect, and almost all of them cease to be meaningful in cases where horizontal gene transfer occurs.

#direWolf#colossal#biology
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