Longreads

"Cryopreservation doesn’t just preserve genetic lineages – it transforms extinction from a permanent loss into a temporary inconvenience we can choose to address later."

Sadiah Qureshi for Aeon: https://aeon.co/essays/de-extinction-is-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-alive

#Longreads #Science #Extinction #Conservation #Cryopreservation

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Show threadAnne Delong10h ago

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This is an interesting article about reviving extinct species from preserved tissue samples. But for at least some species, there is social learning, as well as symbiotic bacteria, etc., passed along in from an animal's community, and which may be needed for survival.

#biology #endangeredspecies