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6th Mass Extinction - ✔✔the Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth extinction or
Anthropocene extinction, is the ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch,
mainly as a result of human activity
anthropogenic - ✔✔the influence of human beings on nature
backbreeding - ✔✔scientists use a living species that is genetically similar to the extinct species and
selectively breed if for the traits of the extinct species
biodiversity - ✔✔the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
cloning - ✔✔uses viable cell nuclei from extinct species to transfer into a new somatic cell to regrow the
species
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) - ✔✔gene editing method that
takes genes present in bacteria or other microorganisms and uses it to sneak in gene strands that
weren't in an organism before
conservation - ✔✔a careful preservation and protection of something
De-Extinction - ✔✔the scientific process of restoring an extinct animal or plant using advanced genetic
and reproductive technologies
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) - ✔✔a self-replicating material which is present in nearly all living
organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes, the carrier of genetic information
ecosystem - ✔✔a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment