I was thinking that maybe there would be a way to insert/combine the mastodon’s DNA with an elephant’s or something (since we can’t manufacture a mastodon embryo, right?). I’m assuming the mastodons were relatives of the elephant.

Could we also do this to "bring back" other relatively recently extict animals like the Dodo or Tasmanian Tiger?
I meant just an individual "sample" of the species to be studied in a controlled environment. I thought that perhaps since the Mastodon became extinct only 11000 years ago or so, maybe the DNA wouldn’t be as fragmented. I thought they had found a nearly complete Mastodon frozen at one time, which I thought perhaps would yield sufficient DNA samples.

Same thing goes for the Dodo and Tasmanian Tiger. If nothing else, just to be kept in a controlled environment for study.

Were there improvements made to the process using animals during the time of its use?

Let’s assume that you do not believe in a creator of the universe or animals (including Humans). Let’s also assume that you understand the complex codes of DNA and how they work and reproduce themselves.
If you stumble upon a highly technical manual a million pages thick and written in an efficient elegant code, would you conclude that the book somehow wrote itself? What if the book was so small that you needed a microscope to read it? And what if it contained precise instructions for the manufacture of a self replicating intelligent machine with billions of parts, all of which had to be fitted together at precisely the right time and in the right way?
Would it enter your mind that this book (our DNA) just happened by chance without someone or something to write it?
If so, Why?
Look..it is not my problem that most people commenting can not understand that DNA is a CODE. Yes, it may be a chemical code but it is still a code. Books/paper…Cells/chromosomes are ways of carrying and storing information. This is not rocket science. I asked why you think that it would just write itself..not what you think I should do or where I should go. Grow up for a moment.

a. are the smallest living organisms.
b. consist of a protein surrounded by a nucleic acid coat.
c. contain RNA or DNA in a protein coat.
d. all form the same crystalline shape.

Is it c?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of animals?

a. All of their cells are diploid.
b. They have specialized tissue called "muscle."
c. They are always multicellular.
d. Their cells lack a cell wall.

Characteristics that biologists use to classify organisms are

a. convergent evolution, cladogram, reproductive isolation.
b. reproductive isolation, evolutionary history, shared derived characteristics.
c. binomial nomenclature, shared derived characteristics, evolutionary systematics.
d. derived cladistics, evolutionary history, convergent evolution.

Is it c?

1. Which of these is the major benefit of having insulin through biotechnology
a.It can be mass-produced
b.It is non-allergenic
c.It is less expensive
d.It is readily available

2.Diabetic individuals are injected with insulin. Which among these practices is considered traditional?
a.Sharing insulin from other human
b.Sharing insulin from animals
c.Taking insulin from dead human
d.Taking insulin from slaughtered animals

3.Genetic engineer need to isolate the insulin gene from it’s chromosome by using
a.DNA ligase
b.restriction enzyme
c.plasmid
d.virus

4.What will happen of the gene coded to produce insulin is not properly isolated in the process gene cloning?
a.Insulin could not be produce.
b.the product will cause allergenic reaction
c.Other proteins maybe produce
d. no recombinant DNA be formed

5.It is a substance that serves as an antigen that promotes active immunity without causing disease.
a.vaccine
b.antibiotic
c.insulin
d.hormone

What have scientists discovered about the human genome?
A. Humans have about 120,000 genes
B. Most human DNA is noncoding
C. Humans are 50% related to each other.
D. Human genes are not similar to those of other animals.

24. What role does electrophoresis play in identifying a specific gene?
A. It cuts the gene of interest out of DNA at specific points.
B. It kills all cells that have not taken up the gene of interest.
C. It binds the gene of interest with probes.
D. It separates DNA fragments by size.

25. The risk associated with traditional vaccines prepared from disease-causing agents is that
A. one may get the actual disease.
B. the antibodies that result may not work.
C. the vaccine protects only against other diseases.
D. unknown diseases may be created.

a. are the smallest living organisms.
b. consist of a protein surrounded by a nucleic acid coat.
c. contain RNA or DNA in a protein coat.
d. all form the same crystalline shape.

Is it c?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of animals?

a. All of their cells are diploid.
b. They have specialized tissue called "muscle."
c. They are always multicellular.
d. Their cells lack a cell wall.

Characteristics that biologists use to classify organisms are

a. convergent evolution, cladogram, reproductive isolation.
b. reproductive isolation, evolutionary history, shared derived characteristics.
c. binomial nomenclature, shared derived characteristics, evolutionary systematics.
d. derived cladistics, evolutionary history, convergent evolution.

Is it c?

It’s my understanding that monkeys are without a specific "speech" gene that humans share. Could these genes be cloned into cats and dogs and other animals and allow them to speak in human languages? And if so, why hasn’t anyone done it yet?

I was reading the notes given to me by the lecturer. It is stated that alpha-1-antitrypsin could be found in Dolly’s milk. I am just wondering will we as human obtain the protein from Dolly’s milk if we were to drink it. That is because as far as I know, if the milk(containing AAT protein) gets into our stomach, it gets digested and nothing will happen. But why do people still produce recombinant proteins in animals’ milk? Or do they purify the milk to obtain the protein? Thanks.

jellyfish gene for green fluorescent protein into pigs, bacteria, plants and mice. The result was bioluminescent organisms! These experiments demonstrate that:

A) jellyfish genes may be transferred into other aquatic ectotherms, but not mammals
B) genes have no difficulty crossing the species barrier
C) animal genes will not function if transferred into animals
D) genes can only be transferred to other organisms within the same species