# De-Extinction Technology **Entity class:** Biotechnology field **Domain:** Biotechnology / Conservation **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition De-extinction technology uses ancient DNA, genome engineering, selective breeding, cloning, and reproductive biology to create organisms resembling extinct species or restoring selected lost traits. ## Mechanism and significance It cannot literally recover an organism's vanished history or ecosystem; it constructs a new lineage whose biological and ecological relationship to the extinct form must be stated carefully. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Computational Biology and Virtual Cells|Computational Biology and Virtual Cells]] - **Primary fields:** [[AI-Driven Biology]] · [[Cellular Digital Twins]] · [[Computational Biology]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Ecosystem Genetic Engineering]] · [[Colossal Biosciences]] · [[Federal Biotechnology Deployment]] · [[Synthetic Ecology]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.