Seed Banks versus De-extinction (Biotechnology and Society 2016)

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The extinct passenger pigeon.

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Everyone: Overview

Required Reading/Viewing

  1. Archer2013 Michael Archer TED Talk (March 2013) "How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger" (20 min)
  2. Zimmer2013 Carl Zimmer. (April 2013) "Bringing Them Back to Life" National Geographic Magazine. Article Link

// Also read "Your de-extinction questions answered" (required).
There are a host of (optional) related articles and videos linked from the National Geographic De-extinction page.

  1. LongNow The Long Now Foundation: Revive & Restore

// See especially the links under "Candidates".

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Passenger Pigeon Czar

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Required Reading/Viewing

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    Describes efforts to sequence the Neanderthal genome.