DNA takes thousands of years to erode. That's why mammoths are so hard. They died off that long ago. Feathers should still have sufficient DNA . That's why cloning dodos is on the discussion table.
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DNA takes thousands of years to erode. That's why mammoths are so hard. They died off that long ago. Feathers should still have sufficient DNA . That's why cloning dodos is on the discussion table.
Yea, seems you are right. I was just checking it out, and it seems like both the feathers and the bones from the Passenger Pigeon have enough DNA to sequence and possibly clone it.