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> I'm assuming they don't have nearly 100% or they would presumably use a process more similar to cloning.

Cloning requires fully intact nuclear DNA with intact chromosomes. You aren’t getting that from old dodo feathers and skeletons but you might be able to get enough to assemble a full sequence.

A full sequence isn’t intact chromosomes so the only way to get there would be to basically apply a diff against a living sample from the closest relative.



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