'Until now many studies have focused on analysing fossil DNA and not whether they still function.'
The project by an international team took cell nuclei from a well-preserved mammoth discovered in 2011 in Siberian permafrost and placed them into several dozen mouse egg cells.
None, however, produced the actual cell division needed for a mammoth rebirth, the researcher told AFP. "Until now many studies have focused on analysing fossil DNA and not whether they still function," he added.
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