Tag: Mongolia
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These Endangered Horse Clones Mark A World First
In a groundbreaking effort to save the endangered Przewalski’s horse (Equus przewalskii), scientists have successfully cloned two healthy males from cells frozen in 1980. The clones, named Kurt (born 2020) and Ollie (born 2023), are genetic copies of a stallion named Kuporovitch , whose rare genes could help strengthen the species’ shrinking gene pool. Why…