de-extinction
Sign in to savethumb|right|The Pyrenean ibex, also known as the bouquetin (French) and bucardo (Spanish), is the only animal to have survived de-extinction past birth through cloning. De-extinction (also known as resurrection biology, or species revivalism) is the process of human intervention to generate an organism that either resembles or is an extinct organism. There are several ways to carry out the process of de-extinction. Cloning is the most widely proposed method, although genome editing and selective breeding have also been considered. Similar techniques have been applied to certain endangered spec
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- History of the term
- Methods
- Cloning
- Genome editing
- Back-breeding
- Iterative evolution
- Herbarium specimens for de-extincting plants
- In-vitro fertilisation and artificial insemination
- Advantages of de-extinction
- Disadvantages of de-extinction
- Current candidate species for de-extinction
- Aurochs
- Moa
- Dire wolf
- Dodo
- Heath hen
- Ivory-billed woodpecker
- Maclear's rat
- Northern white rhinoceros
- Passenger pigeon
- Quagga
- Steller's sea cow
- Thylacine
- Woolly mammoth
- Yangtze giant softshell turtle
- Further species considered for de-extinction
- Birds
- Mammals
- Amphibians
- Insects
- Plants
- Successful de-extinctions
- Judean date palm
- Floreana giant tortoise
- Unknown ''Commiphora''
- York groundsel
- Montreal melon
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|The Pyrenean ibex, also known as the bouquetin (French) and bucardo (Spanish), is the only animal to have survived de-extinction past birth through cloning. De-extinction (also known as resurrection biology, or species revivalism) is the process of human intervention to generate an organism that either resembles or is an extinct organism. There are several ways to carry out the process of de-extinction. Cloning is the most widely proposed method, although genome editing and selective breeding have also been considered. Similar techniques have been applied to certain endangered species, in hopes of boosting their genetic diversity. The only method of the three that would provide an animal with the same genetic identity is cloning. There are benefits and drawbacks to the process of de-extinction ranging from technological advancements to ethical issues.
== History of the term == De-extinction as concept involving genetics traces back to the Nazi-era eco-fascist efforts "integral to recreating the mythical German landscape of ancient times, when the Aryan race was pure and unthreatened", but the term itself arose in the twentieth century "in response to a series of breakthroughs in resurrection biology".