ScienceCNAUS company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo
A US biotech company says it is getting closer to bringing back the dodo, using AI to map the genetic changes needed to resurrect the extinct bird.
Oct 14 : A US biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, the famous flightless bird with a large hooked beak, and returning it to its native Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where humans drove it to extinction in the 17th century.Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences sai
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences announced it has used an AI platform to identify the genetic changes behind the dodo's distinctive features as part of its de-extinction project.
The company has completed 95 per cent of the dodo genome and plans to edit the genes of the Nicobar pigeon, the dodo's closest living relative, to introduce dodo traits.
No hatching date has been announced, but Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says the goal is eventually to return dodos to their native island of Mauritius.
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