Extinct tortoise yields oldest tropical DNA – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/extinct-tortoise-yields-oldest-tropical-dna/
An extinct tortoise species that accidentally tumbled into a water-filled limestone sinkhole in the Bahamas about 1,000 years ago has finally made its way out, with much of its DNA intact. As the first sample of ancient DNA retrieved from an extinct tropical species, this genetic material could h
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