https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/04/genetically-modified-woolly-mice-mammoth
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Scientists
aiming to bring back woolly mammoth 
create woolly mice 
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So they were trying to create woolly mammoths, and ended up making woolly mice? How do you frick up like that? They're completely different sizes for a start
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The genes for hair growth in mice is the same in elephants so they first triggered it in mice to see if their gene editing would even work.
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