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Centuries of inbreeding may have helped rare pigeons pull back from brink of extinction

For many endangered species, population decline to the brink of extinction leads to inbreeding, exposing a species to deleterious recessive mutations that severely limit its potential to recover. But ...
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Colossal Advances Dodo De-Extinction with Significant, World’s First Breakthrough in Pigeon PGCs and Secures an Additional $120M in Funding for Species Expansion

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colossal Biosciences, the world’s de-extinction company, today announces several milestones in avian cellular science, bringing the dodo revival one step closer. The Colossal ...