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Dodo to be deëxtincted with genetic engineering
Friday December 1, 2023. 03:57 PM , from BoingBoing
The dodo, a flightless bird once unique to Mauritius and hunted to extinction there, is to be re-introduced by genetically engineering fresh ones. The genomes of it and the Nicobar pigeon, the dodo's closest living relative, have been fully sequenced by paleogeneticists
US-based biotechnology and genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences, which is pursuing the 'de-extinction' of multiple species, including the woolly mammoth, has entered a partnership with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to find a suitable location for the large flightless birds. — Read the rest
https://boingboing.net/2023/12/01/dodo-to-be-deextincted-with-genetic-engineering.html
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