Scientists regenerate a flower from the ice age

[yanong_banikanhon]

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Russian scientists have grown flowering plants using seeds stored by squirrels 30,000 years ago and preserved by the Siberian permafrost, a new study showed, in what may become a key experiment in the race to revive ancient species.

The seeds of the herbaceous Silene stenophylla are by far the oldest plant tissue to have been brought back to life, according to lead researchers Svetlana Yashina and David Gilichinsky of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The latest findings could be a landmark in research of ancient biological material and the bid to potentially revive other species, including some that are extinct.


Silene stenophylla

You can read the rest of the news here:
Scientists, and Squirrels, Regenerate a Plant — 30,000 Years on | Haiti Chery

and here:

Scientists regenerate a plant -- 30,000 years on
Russians revive Ice Age flower from frozen burrow

[chris_bern]

good for them..

[koiboi]

if they can revive dead species of plants, then reviving extinct species of animals is just around the corner.

[muchacha00]

hala ka nice..... maayo unta og ma revive nila ang mga dinasours... para himoon nako tartanilya...

[naxi85]

......wow!

[street_of_no_return]

awesome. .. .

[iNeedMoney]

nice.. good job!

[disenchanted]

Ngiga! What if they can also revive the dinosaurs sa? Like kadto sa movie na Jurrasic.