Extinct may not be forever for some species of Galapagos tortoises
Sunday, October 5, 2008 - 18:00
in Biology & Nature
Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the species, The report appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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