Why Protect Biodiversity and Save Endangered Species?
Words: 4305 Pages: 14 5202Abstract Biodiversity on the planet is rapidly declining with the sharp increase in species extinction rates. As population numbers for many wildlife species continue to fall, research has shifted to applying molecular biology techniques in order to preserve the genetic presence of species on the planet even if the species itself is no longer able to survive. Ben-Nun and colleagues showed somatic cells of endangered species could undergo a reprogramming process to a state of pluripotency that is similar to […]