De-extinction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: De-extinction is a noun meaning (biology, neologism) The process of returning an extinct species back into the world.
Meaning
(biology, neologism) The process of returning an extinct species back into the world.
Example Sentences
Even this more limited ambition, however, speaks eloquently of the rapid progress being made in the area of de-extinction.
The concept of de-extinction is fascinating in much the same way that the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World are.
“We aren’t trying to bring something back that’s 100% genetically identical to another species. Our goal with de-extinction is always create functional copies of these extinct species. We were focusing on identifying variants that we knew would lead to one of these key traits,” Beth Shapiro, Colossal’s chief science officer told CNN.
Word Forms
- de-extinctions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include refaunation, rewilding, reintroduction, dedomestication, repopulation, ecorestoration.
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