Have you seen Jurassic Park? In this film, scientists use DNA kept for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and more dangerous than expected. That’s nothing more than a fiction.
But could we really clone endangered animals?
To date, the most successful attempt to do so was the cloning of a gaur, a rare ox-like animal from southeast Asia. Scientists used a cow to bring the cloned baby gaur, named Noah. Two days after birth, however, Noah died from a common bacterial infection. Other endangered species that may be cloned include the African bongo antelope (羚羊), the Sumatran tiger, the cheetah (猎豹), and the giant panda.
Next, could we really clone extinct animals?
In theory? Yes. To do this, you need a well-kept source of DNA from the extinct animals such as wool mammoth (毛象), Tasmanian tiger, or even dinosaur, and a closely related species, still living, which could serve as a surrogate mother.
In reality? Probably not. On the one hand, it’s not likely that extinct animals’ DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. Cloning such extinct animals as wool mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, or dinosaur is much more difficult due to the lack of properly well-preserved DNA. On the other hand, for example, a gaur can have a cow as a surrogate mother, definitely not a monkey. But what about an extinct animal as unique as the panda? What species could possibly serve as a surrogate mother?
Cloning presents many exciting possibilities. However, even if extinct animals were brought back, they could not survive in today’s world. Not only do most extinct animals have no habitat to love in, but the other plants and animals they depended on for food may also be gone as well.
【小题1】 It can be learned from the text that .A.the gaur is an extinct species B.the gaur lives in Asia and is endangered C.scientists have cloned the African bongo antelopeD.both the cheetah and the giant panda live in Asia【小题2】The underlined words “a surrogate mother” probably refer to a female who .A.gives birth to a baby of its ownB.cannot give birth to a babyC.gives birth to a baby for another femaleD.provides DNA【小题3】The difficulty in cloning an extinct species is the lack of .A.both the well-preserved DNA and a surrogate mother B.both the habitat to live in and the well-preserved DNAC.both the well-preserved DNA and plants to live on D.both the habitat to live in and plants to live on【小题4】In the author’s opinion, it is possible that .A.all the extinct species may be clonedB.extinct species may be cloned and easily surviveC.a gaur can have a monkey as a surrogate motherD.some extinct species may be cloned, but not surviveB
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- 提问者网友:椧運幽默
- 2021-04-04 19:59
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- 五星知识达人网友:青尢
- 2020-07-06 21:17
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