- Extinct animals, Extinction (Biology), Genetics, Cloning
"Could extinct species like mammoths and passenger pigeons be brought back to life? The science says yes. In [this book], Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in 'ancient DNA' research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction.
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Classical in form, spare, contemporary and earnest.
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- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Beth Alison Shapiro
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 220
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780691157054
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