A Cloned Ferret Has Given Birth for the First Time in History, Marking a Win for Her Endangered Species
A Cloned Ferret Has Given Birth for the First Time in History, Marking a Win for Her Endangered Species
www.smithsonianmag.com A Cloned Ferret Has Given Birth for the First Time in History, Marking a Win for Her Endangered Species
Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering population
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dwindling7373 @feddit.it It's common for any given being to give birth for the first time in history.
4 48 Replydizzy @lemmy.ml It's not common for a cloned animal to give birth full stop, pedant.
52 1 ReplyDanquebec @sh.itjust.works I take their comment as a play on words.
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angrystego @lemmy.world If we're going into that, I'd argue for males it's rather rare. Rather OT though. This is great news.
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