by Ben Mezrich
peregrine falcons, 257–58
permafrost, 3, 5, 10, 13–14, 84, 86
climate change and, 111–13, 120, 130
Pleistocene Park and, 114–15
transporting elk and, 105
Personal Genome Project (PGP), 75–76, 90, 92, 244
Peto’s paradox, 259
Phelan, Ryan, 88–89, 91–96, 129, 204, 269
background of, 88, 91–92
Church’s relationship with, 94–95
climate change and, 114
elephant herd visited by, 206–7, 209, 211
and herpes in elephants, 211–12
scientific conference of, 108–16
TEDx Talk and, 149
Phillips Andover, 46–47
pigs, 173, 183, 247
flying, 257–58
transplantation medicine and, 124–25, 128, 130–31, 243–44
Pleistocene Era, 83, 113–15, 130
Pleistocene Park, 114–16, 191, 250–51
polar bears, 14, 30, 82–83, 85–86, 254–55
proteins, 38, 48, 165, 199, 261–63
Cas 9, 152–53, 172
dreaminase, 127–28, 130
Pyrenean ibex, 109
Q
Quetzalcoatlus northropi, 258
Quinn, Justin, 9–16, 143–52
acquiring elephant stem cells and, 162–63, 167–68, 173
acquiring elephant tissue and, 159–61
boots and clothing of, 9–10, 12–13
CRISPR and, 152, 154, 172–73
education of, 10, 13, 143–44, 146, 151, 168
and implanting Mammoth genetic material into elephant cells, 150–51, 154, 172–75, 190, 226
Mammoth team and, 144–45, 147–52, 154, 159–63, 167–68, 172, 174–75, 190, 198, 223, 226, 243
parents of, 143–44, 146
and resettling Yakutian horses near Chersky, 11–13, 15
sequencing Mammoths and, 148–49
Warp Drive employment of, 146, 149–51, 174
R
Regenesis (Church), 156–57
reindeer, 12–13, 83, 113–15
Revive & Restore, 91, 195, 269–72
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 205–6, 209, 223, 242
RNA, 51
Cas 9 protein and, 152–53
Church and, 48, 139–40
and implanting Mammoth genetic material into elephant cells, 153, 172
synthesizing stem cells and, 200
Roth, Fritz, 222–25
Rüppell’s griffon vultures, 257
Russians, Russia, 90, 110–11, 124, 251, 254, 270
cloning and, 191, 217, 253
Kotelny Island and, 81–82
Mammoths in, 16, 77, 218–20
Minh’s excavation project and, 180–81
Pleistocene Park and, 114–15
Quinn and, 9–16
and resettling Yakutian horses near Chersky, 11–13, 15
secrecy of, 220
Sputniks of, 25, 27
as vibrant and culture-filled, 101
Zimov’s heritage and, 103
S
Sakha Republic, 83, 179–82, 184–85
Quinn and, 9–14
Zimov and, 29–34
Science, 151, 153, 165, 183
Shapiro, Beth, 265
Siberia, Siberians, 110, 112, 252–53, 255
discovery of Mammoth carcasses in, 185, 218, 262
Mammoths’ habitats and, 3, 77, 79, 160, 220
Minh’s excavation project in, 179–82, 184–85
Pleistocene Park and, 114
Quinn and, 9–16
winters in, 20, 32
Zimov and, 29–34, 99, 103
Siberian cave lions, 182–83, 185
Smith, David, 52, 55
Sooam Biotech Research Foundation:
cloning and, 183–84, 186, 191, 213–17, 219–20, 224
and Mammoth discovered by Minh, 218
Minh’s excavation project and, 179, 183–84
South Korea, South Koreans, 213, 219
cloning and, 191, 217, 253
Mammoth research of, 86
Minh’s excavation project and, 179–81, 183
Soviet Union, 33, 101, 114, 254
Spiegel, Der, 156–57
stem cells, 141, 153–54, 161–63, 199–202, 231
acquiring elephant, 162–63, 167–68, 173, 189, 194
alleged human cloning and, 183
fetal GMO elephants and, 267
immortalizing cells and, 199
and implanting Mammoth genetic material into elephant cells, 162, 173–74, 190, 242, 246
Neanderthal cloning and, 156–57
synthesizing of, 200–202, 205, 212, 223–24, 240, 242
Summers, Larry, 66
synthetic life forms, 237–39, 244
synthetic uterus, 226–27, 240, 269
T
Tampa, Fla., 23–27, 95
Tasmanian tigers, 270
TEDx Talk, 149
Thiel, Peter, 192–95
Ting Wu, see Wu, Chao-ting
transplantation medicine, 124–25, 128, 130–31, 183, 243–44
U
ultra-conserved elements (UCEs), 260
Unisphere, 42
V
Venter, Craig, 244
Venus flytraps, 38
Vernadsky, V. I., 118
viruses, 51, 235, 266
Cas 9 protein and, 152–53
CRISPR and, 193
herpes, 211–12, 223–24, 260
immortalizing cells and, 199
synthesizing stem cells and, 200
W
Wade, Nicholas, 76–77, 79–80, 88, 92, 148
Walton, Jack, 165–69
Warp Drive LLC, 146–47, 149–51, 171–75
Watson, James D., 50–51, 152
weeds, 10, 31, 39, 111, 113
Weeks Bridge, 57–58, 60
Whole Earth Catalogue (Brand), 89–91
Whole Earth Discipline (Brand), 95
“Wild Field Manifesto, The” (Zimov), 117–20
Wilson, E. O., 92
Wolfe, Tom, 89
Woolly Mammoths:
acquiring elephant tissue and, 160–61
births of, 4
Brand–Phelan conference and, 108, 110, 113, 116
calves of, 3–7
and Church’s visit with elephant herd, 206, 209
cloning of, 150, 185–86, 191, 219–20, 253
comparisons between elephants and, 77, 79, 84–85, 147
demise and extinction of, 5–7, 76–77, 79, 84, 95
discoveries of carcasses of, 53, 76–79, 85–86, 109, 185, 218–20, 253, 262
familial units of, 3–4, 6
flying, 257–58
genetic traits of, 147–48, 150, 161, 190, 224, 242, 248
genome of, 76, 148, 150, 154, 161, 223, 262, 265, 267
habitats of, 3–7, 16, 76–77, 79, 84–86, 113, 130, 147–48, 160–61, 220, 262, 269
hair of, 5, 76–77, 79, 129, 147, 150, 161, 185, 190, 200, 248
hemoglobin of, 77, 148, 150, 161, 190, 200, 242, 262–63
herds of, 3–7, 220
and herpes in elephants, 211–12, 223–24
implanting elephant cells with genetic material of, 110, 150–51, 153–54, 162–63, 172–75, 190–91, 223–24, 226, 240, 242–43, 246–48
ivory tusks of, 84–86, 129, 144, 150, 253
Minh’s excavation project and, 182, 185–86
mission statement on, 130
Pleistocene Park and, 114–16
predators of, 5, 14–15
proposed resurrection of, 77–80, 88, 92, 94–96, 108, 110, 129–31
Revival project on, 131–32, 144–45, 147–52, 154, 156, 159–63, 167–68, 172, 174–75, 188–91, 193–95, 197–98, 201, 205–6, 212, 223–24, 226, 240, 242–43, 246–48, 269–70
rounded ears of, 4–5, 77, 129, 147, 150, 161, 190, 242
sequencing of, 148–50, 154, 161, 163, 173
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subcutaneous fat of, 147, 150, 161, 190, 242
synthesizing stem cells and, 201–2, 224
synthetic uterus and, 226–27
time needed to resurrect, 269–70
Zimov’s manifesto and, 118–20
World’s Fair, 40–44, 46
Wrangel Island:
Mammoths on, 3–6, 262
Zimov’s trip to, 249–52, 254–56
Wu, Chao-ting (Ting), 57–68
daughter of, 72–73, 80, 87, 95
education of, 58–60
fight for equality of, 63–68
fruit fly genetics and, 62
Harvard career of, 62–67
husband’s relationship with, 57–61, 63–68, 72–73, 80
husband’s surprise party and, 221–22, 224–25
lab of, 64–65, 67, 230, 260, 266
Lyme disease prevention and, 233–34, 236
marriage of, 60–61, 68
married life of, 63–68
Nantucket trip of, 229–34, 236, 240
scientific acknowledgment of, 66–67
social life of, 57–58, 60–61
Y
Yakutian horses, 11–13, 15, 114–15
Yakuts, 82–86, 180, 182
Yamanaka, Shinya, 200–201
Yang, Luhan, 123–32, 187–95, 197–202
acquiring elephant stem cells and, 162–63, 173, 189, 194
acquiring elephant tissue and, 156, 158, 160–61
altered hemoglobin cells and, 241–42
Cas 9 protein and, 153
Church’s relationship with, 125–26, 128–30
creating synthetic uterus and, 227
CRISPR and, 151–52, 193
demeanor of, 123–25, 127–28, 144–45
Dhadwar’s relationship with, 141–42
dreaminase protein project of, 127–28, 130
education of, 125–28
genetically enhanced mosquitoes and, 123, 129, 132
immortalizing elephant cells and, 199–202, 205, 223
and implanting Mammoth genetic material into elephant cells, 151, 162, 173, 190, 223, 226, 240, 242–43, 246–48
Mammoth team and, 131–32, 144–45, 148–51, 154, 159, 162–63, 175, 188–90, 193–95, 197–98, 201, 205, 223, 226, 242–43, 246–47
parents of, 126–27, 130–32
pig organ transplantation project of, 124–25, 128, 130–31, 243
and proposed resurrection of Mammoths, 129–31
research on aging of, 193–95, 198–99
sequencing Mammoths and, 148–49, 154, 161
synthesizing human cells and, 244–45
synthesizing stem cells and, 205, 223
Thiel’s meeting with, 192–95
trip to British Columbia of, 187–92, 197–98
Z
Zika virus, 235
Zimov, Anastasiya, 30–34, 100
and driving between Irkutsk and Chersky, 30–33
and husband’s trip to Wrangel Island, 250–51
Zimov, Nikita, 29–34, 97–105, 249–56
ambitions of, 32, 100, 105, 110
childhood and adolescence of, 31–34, 98
cross-country trip of, 98–105
and driving between Irkutsk and Chersky, 29–33
education of, 30–32
elk transported by, 101–5, 251
father’s relationship with, 32–33, 98, 100, 105
Pleistocene Park and, 114, 251
trip to Wrangel Island of, 249–52, 254–56
Zimov, Sergey, 110–20, 250–56
ambitions of, 98, 100, 105, 110
Brand–Phelan conference and, 110–16
climate change and, 111–14, 118–19, 130
Pleistocene Park and, 114–16, 251
son’s relationship with, 32–33, 98, 100, 105
son’s transporting elk and, 104–5
trip to Wrangel Island of, 250–52, 254–56
“The Wild Field Manifesto” of, 117–20
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Names: Mezrich, Ben, 1969–
Title: Woolly : the true story of the quest to revive one of history’s most iconic extinct creatures / Ben Mezrich.
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Subjects: LCSH: Woolly mammoth. | Extinct animals—Cloning. | Extinct animals—Genetics.
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