woolly mouse 長毛鼠

woolly mouse 
繁: 長毛鼠
簡: 长毛鼠

Colossal Biosciences公司稱，他們成功地對小鼠胚胎進行基因編輯，創造出具有長而厚毛的「長毛鼠」，這一研究旨在模仿已滅絕的長毛象特徵，探討其在寒冷環境中的生存能力。

絕種動物起死回生？科學家培育長毛鼠成功　計劃復活「長毛象」(2025年3月7日)。香港01，取自https://www.hk01.com/article/60217399?utm_source=01articlecopy&utm_medium=referral

Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.

Scientists created a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. Is it a step toward bringing back the extinct giant? (2025, Mar 5). CNN. Retrieved from https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/04/science/woolly-mouse-mammoth-resurrection-colossal/index.html