#  DNA reconstructed for an extinct species 

 





February 27, 2018

 

 

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 Members of the [**Edwards Lab**](https://edwards.oeb.harvard.edu/) used a museum specimen to reconstruct the DNA of the extinct little bush moa, a flightless bird driven to extinction 700 years ago. Read more about the project in [*Scientific American*](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-have-reconstructed-the-genome-of-a-bird-extinct-for-700-years/).



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Ornithology ](/news/ornithology)