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De-Extinction Restores Genome, Not the Original Ecological Context

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A de-extinction technique, per Bio 3761, can reconstruct an approximation of an extinct species' genome, but its surrounding community, epigenetic development, and learned behavior cannot be recovered.

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A reconstructed individual released into a habitat that changed ecologically would face conditions never adapted to.

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"An extinct species can be fully restored," per Bio 3765, ignores that a genome and a functioning species differ.