Mammoth genome sequence completed

The new genome study has been published in the journal Current Biology. Dr Love Dalén, at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, told BBC News that the first ever publication of the full DNA sequence of the mammoth could help those trying to bring the creature back to life. It seems to me that trying this out might lead to suffering for female elephants and that would not be ethically justifiable Love Dalén, Swedish Museum of Natural History "It would be a lot of fun (in principle) to see a living mammoth, to see how it behaves and how it moves," he said. But he would rather his research was not used to this end. "It seems to me that trying this out might lead to suffering for female elephants and that would not be ethically justifiable." Dr Dalén and the international group of researchers he is collaborating with are not attempting to resurrect the mammoth. But the Long Now Foundation, an organisation based in San Francisco, claims that it is. Now, with the publication of the complete mammoth genome, it could be a step closer to achieving its aim. On its website, the foundation says its ultimate goal is "to produce new mammoths that are capable of repopulating the vast tracts of tundra and boreal forest in Eurasia and North America. "The goal is not to make perfect copies of extinct woolly mammoths, but to focus on the mammoth adaptations needed for Asian elephants to live in the cold climate of the tundra.READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32432693