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35: Don't DeExtinct the Dodo, Humans vs Computers, and Art Forgery

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Dodo DNA. That's What We Need, Right?

The Picado went extinct in 2000, but not before samples of DNA were taken from the last living Picado. In 2003, to clone this Picado, they took an oocyte from a close goat relative and implanted it into 500 embryos. Seven goats actually became pregnant and one goat came to full time.

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