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The fluffy white canines — Romulus, Remus ... By editing the DNA of existing gray wolf cells to include some traits from long-extinct dire wolves (like their white hair and large size) and using them ...
A biotech company made history with the birth of three genetically engineered wolves: What we know about these prehistoric ...
In a secret location in the United States, two white ... dire wolf’s evolutionary history. Scientists previously thought that dire wolves diverged from their shared ancestor with gray wolves ...
with an emphasis on large size and a white coat. For example, the researchers edited in a gene variant that's found in gray wolf populations that are physically large, rather than the variant ...
While the public fawns over adorable mutated “dire wolves” on Instagram, biodiversity loss is snowballing. One million (known) species are threatened with extinction, with extinction rates now ...
"So what Colossal has produced is a grey wolf, but it has some dire wolf-like characteristics, like a larger skull and white fur," said Dr Rawlence. "It's a hybrid." Dr Beth Shapiro, a biologist ...
These white, fluffy animals live on a 2,000-acre preserve ... The company's researchers compared the ancient DNA with the gray wolf and found that the species are 99.5% genetically identical.