Natural and artificial genetic hybrids: dogs, coyotes and dire wolves.
Download MP3Colossal Bioscience has brought genetic variation back from the grave. It is a remarkable technological achievement, but is it species de-extinction? We talk to Professor Bridgett vonHoldt, a world-leading dog geneticist, who was involved in Colossal Bioscience’s recent dire wolf de-extinction work that has caused some controversy. In part 2 of this podcast we talk a world-leading ecologist who gives us his - different - take.
The link below is a genetics paper, not talking about de-extinction.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.09.647074v1
The link below is a genetics paper, not talking about de-extinction.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.09.647074v1
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Tim Coulson
Author of The Universal History of Us published by Penguin 2024 Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford EcologyEvolution, Existence, Science
