Scientist Exploring De-Extinction Issues With Aussie Rat Species

Scientist Exploring De-Extinction Issues With Aussie Rat Species
An 1887 illustration of a Maclear's rat (Rattus macleari) which was last seen on Christmas Island 119 years ago supplied Thursday, March 10, 2022 shows. AAP Image/Supplied, Joseph Smit
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Australia’s extinct Christmas Island rat is the subject of a scientist’s exploration into the possibility of and ethics behind de-extinction.

Tom Gilbert, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) in Denmark, is attempting to reconstruct the extinct Christmas Island rat otherwise known as Maclear’s rat.

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