30,000 year old Seeds Revived

Defiant20 · February 20, 2012

Interesting article where they revived seeds from the Siberian permafrost after 30,000 years: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete....html?ITO=1490, really fascinating. I think Carolyn must have been secretly involved in this project to revive seeds that old!

ScottinAtlanta · February 20, 2012

Fascinating. Thanks for posting.

Jeannine Anne · February 20, 2012

what a good job they were not tomatoes, ther scientists wiould be killed in the rush

XX Jeannine

Zana · February 20, 2012

Funny...I was just thinking the same thing Jeannine.

Thanks for sharing this story, Defiant. Amazing and not at the same time. I knew that freezing could preserve stuff for a long time if kept constantly frozen.

Zana

tjg911 · February 20, 2012

the 1st thing i thought of was this from sleeper

tom

bughunter99 · February 21, 2012

Seeds are amazing little bits of engineering aren't they? You look at the tiny dot of an amaranth seed and consider what it becomes a few months later. Seeds are cool.

Stacy

Doug9345 · February 21, 2012

From what I read it wasn't the seeds that they were able to grow the plants from but the placental tissue in the friut. from this article.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...dada3627df.251

"In their lab near Moscow, the scientists sought to grow plants from mature S. Stenophylla seeds, but when that failed, they turned to the plant's placental tissue, the fruit structure to which seeds attach, to successfully grow regenerated whole plants in pots under controlled light and temperature."

I had to sign into Google to see the article. I hope the link works for you.

February 20, 2012	#1
Defiant20 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 44	30,000 year old Seeds Revived Interesting article where they revived seeds from the Siberian permafrost after 30,000 years: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete....html?ITO=1490, really fascinating. I think Carolyn must have been secretly involved in this project to revive seeds that old!

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tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	the 1st thing i thought of was this from sleeper tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

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February 20, 2012	#2
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Fascinating. Thanks for posting.

February 20, 2012	#3
Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,553	what a good job they were not tomatoes, ther scientists wiould be killed in the rush XX Jeannine

February 20, 2012	#4
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	Funny...I was just thinking the same thing Jeannine. Thanks for sharing this story, Defiant. Amazing and not at the same time. I knew that freezing could preserve stuff for a long time if kept constantly frozen. Zana

February 21, 2012	#6
bughunter99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: zone 5 Posts: 821	Seeds are amazing little bits of engineering aren't they? You look at the tiny dot of an amaranth seed and consider what it becomes a few months later. Seeds are cool. Stacy

February 21, 2012	#7
Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	From what I read it wasn't the seeds that they were able to grow the plants from but the placental tissue in the friut. from this article. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...dada3627df.251 "In their lab near Moscow, the scientists sought to grow plants from mature S. Stenophylla seeds, but when that failed, they turned to the plant's placental tissue, the fruit structure to which seeds attach, to successfully grow regenerated whole plants in pots under controlled light and temperature." I had to sign into Google to see the article. I hope the link works for you.