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To: Red Badger

I’d like to see the return of the Passenger Pigeon.


12 posted on 10/17/2024 11:51:07 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: fella

From WIKI:

DNA in old museum specimens is often degraded and fragmentary, and passenger pigeon specimens have been used in various studies to discover improved methods of analyzing and assembling genomes from such material. DNA samples are often taken from the toe pads of bird skins in museums, as this can be done without causing significant damage to valuable specimens.[20][21] The passenger pigeon had no known subspecies.[13] Hybridization occurred between the passenger pigeon and the Barbary dove (Streptopelia risoria) in the aviary of Charles Otis Whitman (who owned many of the last captive birds around the turn of the 20th century, and kept them with other pigeon species) but the offspring were infertile.[16][22]


14 posted on 10/17/2024 11:56:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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