The assumption was that if there were billions of Passenger Pigeons in the past there should be many bones. (reviverestore.org)
With the aid of the band - tailed pigeon's completed transcriptome, the UCSC Paleogenomics Lab researchers identified several genes that may be involved in the unique social adaptations of Passenger Pigeons in contrast to the territorial breeding nature of Band - tailed Pigeons. (reviverestore.org)
December 2014 he began a pilot study breeding band - tailed pigeons, which has now given us the information we need to design the bird facility needs of the next phases of passenger pigeon de-extinction. (reviverestore.org)