US First Threatened Specie, Black-footed Ferret Cloned Using Genes of Animals that Died 30 Years Ago
Feb 19, 2021 08:08 AM EST In a photo presented by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a black-footed ferret cloned from the genes of animals that died 30 years ago. The cat-like predator named Elizabeth Ann became the first cloned black-footed and first-ever cloned endangered species in the United States, born on December 10. According to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, scientists hope that this feline predator named Elizabeth Ann and her descendants will enhance the genetic diversity of a species previously thought to have gone in extinction but brought up in captiv...