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They may soon be able to reincarnate into a more appropriate form.
The entire genome of the dodo has been sequenced for the first time, raising hopes that the bird could be brought back from extinction.
Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told a Royal Society webinar that her group would soon publish the complete DNA of a specimen in the Natural History Museum of Copenhagen.
The entire genome of the dodo has been sequenced for the first time, raising hopes that the bird could be brought back from extinction.
Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told a Royal Society webinar that her group would soon publish the complete DNA of a specimen in the Natural History Museum of Copenhagen.