Explaining Nature on Instagram: "Colossal Biosciences has taken gray wolves and used genome editing to give them certain traits thought to resemble those of the extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus). They sequenced ancient DNA from dire wolf fossils, identified about twenty genetic edits across fourteen genes that influence physical characteristics like coat color, body size, skull structure, and musculature, and applied those edits to gray wolf cells. • #reels #explore #nature #viral #interesting