Project having the goal of breeding back the extinct cattle species of aurochs
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Artist impression of an aurochs bull found in Braunschweig, Germany.
The Uruz Project had the goal of breeding back the extinct aurochs (Bos p. primigenius). Uruz is the old Germanic word for aurochs. The Uruz Project was initiated in 2013 by the True Nature Foundation[1] and presented at TEDx DeExtinction, a day-long conference[2] organised by the Long Now Foundation with the support of TED and in partnership with National Geographic Society,[3] to showcase the prospects of bringing extinct species back to life. The de-extinction movement itself is spearheaded by the Long Now Foundation.
Technically, Bos primigenius is not wholly extinct. The wild subspecies B. p. primigenius, indicus and africanus are, but the species is still represented by domestic cattle. Most, or all, of the relevant Aurochs characteristics, and therefore the underlying DNA, needed to "breed back" an aurochs-like cattle type can be found in B. p. taurus. Domestic cattle originated in the middle east, and there also has been introgression of European aurochs into domestic cattle in ancient times.[4] The Uruz Project's goal is to collect all relevant data and reunite scattered aurochs characteristics, and thus DNA, in one animal.
^"Uruz Project". True Nature Foundation. October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
^"TEDxDeExtinction". TED.
^"De-Extinction : Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013.
^Edwards, CJ; Magee DA, Park SD, McGettigan PA, Lohan AJ, Murphy A, Finlay EK, Shapiro B, Chamberlain AT, Richards MB, Bradley DG, Loftus BJ, MacHugh DE.; Park, S. D.; McGettigan, P. A.; Lohan, A. J.; Murphy, A; Finlay, E. K.; Shapiro, B; Chamberlain, A. T.; Richards, M. B.; Bradley, D. G.; Loftus, B. J.; Machugh, D. E. (2010). "A complete mitochondrial genome sequence from a mesolithic wild aurochs (Bos primigenius)". PLOS ONE. 5 (2): e9255. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...5.9255E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009255. PMC 2822870. PMID 20174668.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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