Biology / Unit 14 Bio 3767 short lesson, about 20 seconds
De-Extinction Restores Genome, Not the Original Ecological Context
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The idea
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.
In practice
A reconstructed individual released into a habitat that changed ecologically would face conditions never adapted to.
Where people slip
"An extinct species can be fully restored," per Bio 3765, ignores that a genome and a functioning species differ.
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