Were what was different about the protein that had the mammoth version versus the protein team with the elephant he found the mammoth was better at caring oxygen to the body at low temperatures. This is a pretty good target for something to change if we want to take a tropical adapted elephant and turn it into arctic mammoth. Theres a team around the corner that has been working on this question compiled a list of genes that are different between elephants and mammoths. They have attempted to make 14 different swaps. To swap out 14 elephant jeans they have been successful in doing all of it. They have actually created a cell that is about 0. 001 mammoth. Thats pretty cool. Its a far cry from having a living, breathing, and elephant hybrid but it is a step in the right direction. We think hard about plan c, we see see that we have a complete genome sequence. We have the technology that would need to use to edit, swap out these jeans for things that we want to replace them with, what we
Climate change, they are a top predator that is very precisely adapted to their particular habitat. Youre youre right, when that habitat disappears, they dont have any diversity which would allow them to adapt to different habitats that are around. The bears have an interesting strategy dealing with this. We discovered recently. Not only that its happening right now for Climate Change it every time the Climate Changes rapidly in the past, the same things happen. They breed with brown bears. They produce offspring that go live as brown bears. So the jeans and polar bears but polar bears as this discreet thing. This white bear that is precisely adapted to the arctic, it would disappear is engineering traits that would allow them to survive in other environments is not the case because theyll read with brazen live in that of environment but we still not have polar bears. But absolutely. The idea for other species might be you have some that are devoid of diversity in some way, can we incr
Minute shopping trip. Or even to get a jump on holiday travel. Good afternoon and thanks for joining us. This is while snow is pummeling parts of the west and pacific northwest, with road closures and backups. In the northeast, are experiencing record highs. Temperatures today will be in the 50s and 60s and expected to get even warmer by christmas. Jericka duncan is in new yorks central park with the latest. Its beautiful today, absolutely incredible. Jericka at 52 degrees in buffalo, it was beautiful enough for waders and walks in the park. In a city that was slammed by 7 feet of lake effect snow last year, temperatures this week are more likely to inspire long walks on the beach. Eric fisher thats certainly right, look at buffalo on wednesday. Up to 61 degrees. One of many record highs to be set from great lakes down to ohio valley. The focus on Christmas Eve moves to the northeast down to the midatlantic. Numerous record highs. Were talking 60s and 70s. Alive has seen in that area.
Little raindrops. 48 degrees right now. All across the state. Wind chills a bit chilly. Otherwise, midtoupper 30s in central or southeastern portions of the state. A pretty decent stretch so far. This dissented from rihanna from breanna sherman. As i said, clouds will linger. Chance for rain continuing mainly central and southeastern portions of the state. By tomorrow morning, should be seeing a whole lot by way of rain. I back in the upper 30s to low 40s. We do dodge a couple snow chances which i will come over todd the fbi is investigating a major Security Breach at Computer Company Juniper Networks. The u. S. Defense department, justice department, treasury and several Big Companies rely on Juniper Networks products. Its not clear what, if any, classified information could be affected. The breach is believed to be the work of a Foreign Government because of the sophistication involved. Thousands of cases of dove chocolates pulled from walmart shelves. Mars says the bags of chocolate
The march ended with a vigil in honor of all the lives lost to gun violence in las vegas this year. Were taking our Community Change in our community for the better. Lamon welch 37yearold morty young was one of the men killed in that triple homicide amd his funeral was earlier today which is why why Community Leaders chose this day to hold a vigil. Reporting live Michael Burton channel 13 action news. New information from authorities tonight on the shooting of a Police Officer this week. Weve now learned the name of the officer shot. Contact 13. Investigative reporter. Stephanie zepelin has been working to find out more about him. Today metro police told us the officer who was shot while trying to respond to another call is 52yearold gregory sedminik. Sedminik has been with the Department Since july of 1997. Thursday, he was at the emerald suites responding to a Domestic Violence call when another shot him. We confirmed the identity of that shooter just after his arrest. 38yearold teag