Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
WKBN.com - 2024-04-17T20:29:38.000Z

Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to one of the last such animals found in the wild, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday.

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