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Author:
Mezrich, Ben, 1969- narrator. narrator.
Title:
Woolly : the true story of the de-extinction of one of history's most iconic creatures / Ben Mezrich.
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
6 audio discs (6.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Books on compact disc, Unabridged.
Woolly mammoth.
Extinct animals--Cloning.
Extinct animals--Genetics.
Notes:
Title from container. Read by the author Compact discs.
Summary:
Ben Mezrich takes listeners on an exhilarating true adventure story from the icy terrain of Siberia to the cutting-edge genetic labs of Harvard University. A group of young scientists, under the guidance of Dr. George Church, works to make fantasy reality by sequencing the DNA of a frozen woolly mammoth harvested from above the Arctic circle, and splicing elements of that sequence into the DNA of a modern elephant. Will they be able to turn the hybrid cells into a functional embryo and bring the extinct creatures to life in the modern world?
ISBN:
150824359X
9781508243595
OCLC:
(OCoLC)990792515
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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