Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics ... those genes have been involved with making a woolly coat, or longer hair, or changing the color of the hair," Shapiro ...

I just had to learn more about her marvelous coat. Ms. Prugnaud, 56, had recently bought it at an Isaac Mizrahi archive sale, she said, adding that the brand’s eponymous designer was a friend.

As the number of altered genes went up, however, the mice ended up with a long, golden coat, in some cases with a shaggier look due to kinked hair shafts. Separately, they also tested a mutation ...

The researchers began by looking for known mutations in mice that make their fur look mammoth-like. “[T]he majority of these genes were selected based on previous observations of coat phenotypes ...

AP In its research, the team discovered two genes common to both mice and mammoths, including one they believed to be responsible for the latter’s thick coat, which they targeted for ...

Engineered mice also have lighter coat colors due to a modified version of the MC1R gene, which regulates melanin production resulting in golden hair rather than the black/agouti wild type mouse ...

Multiplex-edited mice recapitulate woolly mammoth hair phenotypes The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) possessed a thick woolly coat and other cold-adaptive traits that enabled survival in harsh ...

A US biotech company has genetically modified mice to have traits from the extinct ... responsible for the mammoth’s distinctive woolly coat and its rapid fat metabolism. The next step was ...

In early March, the company announced that it had successfully tested its methods in laboratory mice, producing 38 woolly mouse pups which bear the mammoth’s signature shaggy coat. Now it says ...