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CHAPTER 1 REVERSING EXTINCTION

Beth Shapiro

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
PREFACE TO THE 2020 EDITION ix
PROLOGUE xv
CHAPTER 1 REVERSING EXTINCTION 1
CHAPTER 2 SELECT A SPECIES 17
CHAPTER 3 FIND A WELL- PRESERVED SPECIMEN 51
CHAPTER 4 CREATE A CLONE 73
CHAPTER 5 BREED THEM BACK 99
CHAPTER 6 RECONSTRUCT THE GENOME 109
CHAPTER 7 RECONSTRUCT PART OF THE GENOME 125
CHAPTER 8 NOW CREATE A CLONE 141
CHAPTER 9 MAKE MORE OF THEM 159
CHAPTER 10 SET THEM FREE 175
CHAPTER 11 SHOULD WE? 189
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 209
NOTES 211
INDEX 213

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
PREFACE TO THE 2020 EDITION ix
PROLOGUE xv
CHAPTER 1 REVERSING EXTINCTION 1
CHAPTER 2 SELECT A SPECIES 17
CHAPTER 3 FIND A WELL- PRESERVED SPECIMEN 51
CHAPTER 4 CREATE A CLONE 73
CHAPTER 5 BREED THEM BACK 99
CHAPTER 6 RECONSTRUCT THE GENOME 109
CHAPTER 7 RECONSTRUCT PART OF THE GENOME 125
CHAPTER 8 NOW CREATE A CLONE 141
CHAPTER 9 MAKE MORE OF THEM 159
CHAPTER 10 SET THEM FREE 175
CHAPTER 11 SHOULD WE? 189
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 209
NOTES 211
INDEX 213

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