On Nov 19, 9:44*pm, Giles wrote:
On Nov 19, 6:01*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:

On Nov 19, 5:11*pm, "JT" wrote:

http://www.wfn.tv/news/index.php?blog=412436

No wonder he had the best looking flies!
JT

I guess I'm not getting my order of dodo flies.
Frank Reid

Well, you might have to wait a while.

The controversy over whether extinct species can be resurrected with
modern molecular biology techniques has been raging for years and gets
hotter with every new advance. *Personally, I'm convinced that there
are people alive today who will see it happen.....not you or me
(probably.....unless we get ourselves cloned, pre- or post-
mortem).....but it's going to happen. *There are enough fresh enough
dodo specimens around that the genome will be easy enough to piece
together with the technology that will surely be available in a decade
or two, perhaps even sooner. *An extinct ibex was recently resurrected
by cloning, using tissue that was frozen for just such an
eventuality, *Obviously MUCH fresher than any dodo.....but the
technology improves at a phenomenal rate.

Wolfgang
kirtland's warbler, on the other hand.....well, get 'em while their
ho....er, still warm. * *

I'm thinking the Ne Ne would be a good candidate. Not extinct, but
needs some diversity from the skins in assorted collections around the
world.
Frank Reid