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Scientists have achieved the biological equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest. They’ve created a fully functional copy of a yeast chromosome.
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[CliffordK]

Ahhh, found the article.   This isn't surprising as I think synthetic viruses were created a couple of years ago. 

This will be a big step forward if researchers choose to try to clone Mammoths or Neanderthals, or if for specific gene therapy.

Actually, the incremental approach might work with cloning something like a Mammoth.

Start with an Elephant fertilized egg, then start working on manipulating each chromosome....  and use nature to make lots of "backup copies".

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Scientists achieve the biological equivalents of climbing Mt. Everest.  They’ve created a synthetic fully functional yeast chromosome.
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