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Flashcards about stem cells and de-extinction
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Bucardo
An extinct wild goat, also known as the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), that was cloned.
Karyoplasts
Thawed fibroblasts derived from skin biopsies of the last living bucardo specimen, used in cloning.
Cytoplasts
Mature oocytes collected from the oviducts of superovulated domestic goats, enucleated and used in cloning the bucardo.
Electrofusion
The process used to couple bucardo's fibroblasts to enucleated oocytes to reconstruct embryos.
Dire Wolf
An extinct species of wolf, similar to modern gray wolves, that lived in North America during the Late Pleistocene epoch. Subject for de-extinction consideration.