San Diego Zoo to be the first to take a cloned endangered animal

AP ^ | Fri, Jan 23, 2004

[presidio9]

The world's first clone of an endangered species is getting ready for his public debut at the San Diego Zoo. Jahava, an 8-month-old male banteng, was expected to be moved Thursday from the San Diego Wild Animal Park in north San Diego to the zoo, where he will share an area with three banteng females. Jahava was cloned from skin cells collected from a male banteng born at the zoo in 1974 that never reproduced. A banteng is a form of wild cattle from Southeast Asia. The cells were cultured by the Zoological Society of San Diego's Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species and were stored in liquid nitrogen at minus 328 degrees. Last year, the cells were inserted into the egg of an Iowa cow. Although Jahava looks like a banteng, he has genetic material from the cow, zoo geneticist Oliver Ryder said. If Jahava mates with another banteng, the offspring is expected to be full banteng, he said. In his new home from the zoo, Jahava will be the smallest of the banteng group for some time. He will be distinguishable by his thicker and slightly parted horns.

[My2Cents]

[newgeezer]

A banteng is a form of wild cattle

...not to be confused with the mad cow.

;^) ;^)

[presidio9]

That's what I say! Banteng-schanteng. Where's my dinosaur???

[KarlInOhio]

. The cells ... were stored in liquid nitrogen at minus 328 degrees. Last year, the cells were inserted into the egg of an Iowa cow.

Mooooooo! And she thought that a farmers hands on her udders were cold. :)

[theFIRMbss]

>A banteng is a form of wild cattle from Southeast Asia

[LizardQueen]

Although Jahava looks like a banteng, he has genetic material from the cow, zoo geneticist Oliver Ryder said. If Jahava mates with another banteng, the offspring is expected to be full banteng, he said

Biologically speaking, this doesn't make sense to me. If he also contains cow DNA, how can they guarantee that his sperm will be full banteng with no cow in it?

LQ

[ASA Vet]

Dinosaur-schinosaur. Where's my Kobe Tai?

Now that's a real wild animal!

[Camachee]

collected from a male banteng born at the zoo in 1974 that never reproduced

Never reproduced? Good genes they have chosen.

[Consort]

Jurassic Petting Zoo.

[rintense]

This is exactly the kind of screw up Michael Critton wrote about in Jurassic Park. The scientists were missing DNA for the dinos so they used what they thought was the closest- amphibian.

[presidio9]

This is exactly the kind of screw up Michael Critton wrote about in Jurassic Park. The scientists were missing DNA for the dinos so they used what they thought was the closest- amphibian.

Earth to rintense: Jurrasic Park was fiction.

[rintense]

Um, HELLO! And now fiction is become scientific fact. If you can't make that connection, I can't help you.

[rintense]

They could have probably salvaged some Benteng DNA from Howard Dean.

[presidio9]

Um, HELLO! And now fiction is become scientific fact. If you can't make that connection, I can't help you.

Thanks, I'm not looking for your help. In case you missed it, Michael Chrighton is not a scientist.

[Old Student]

"In case you missed it, Michael Chrighton is not a scientist."

In case you missed it, he has lots of friends who are.

[CholeraJoe]

Michael Crichton most certainly is a scientist. He graduated from Harvard Medical School.

[rintense]

It is a lost cause... understanding the relationship between Crichton's works and modern science has proven too difficult to fathom for some.

[rintense]

And Tom Clancy certainly isn't a member of the government- but he writes fiction that is pretty damn close to fact, and has in some instances, become fact.

Perhaps you might read the book Jurassic Park- it is much better than the movie.

[Old Student]

Have you ever seen a movie that is as good as, or better than the book? I haven't. I was truly irked when Starship Troopers was released, as they stole the title and some character names, and the Arachnids, and dumped the rest of the book. Hollywierd!?!