The Mammoth Cometh
- Kind
- Internet Article
- Date
- February 27, 2014
- Publisher
- New York Times
- Retrieved
- Mar 13, 2014
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How to Resurrect a Species
The genome of a closely related species will have a high proportion of identical DNA, so it can serve as a blueprint, or “scaffold.” The passenger pigeon’s closest genetic relative is the band-tailed pigeon, which Shapiro is now sequencing. By comparing the fragments of passenger-pigeon DNA with the genomes of similar…
There is No Definition of "Species"
There is no authoritative definition of “species.” The most widely accepted definition describes a group of organisms that can procreate with one another and produce fertile offspring, but there are many exceptions. De-extinction operates under a different definition altogether. Revive & Restore hopes to create a bird…