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“There goes a band-tailed pigeon right over there,” Wood exclaimed, turning his attention from a red-tailed hawk.

They compared the genetic markers to the extinct bird's relative, the band-tailed pigeon.

In addition, they reanalyzed data from Hung’s group, and, for comparison, sequenced the bird’s closest living relative, the band-tailed pigeon.

Novak wants to resurrect the bird using its closest living relative, the band-tailed pigeon, but how many genes need to be swapped to constitute success is somewhat arbitrary.

Researchers are using the bird’s closest relative, the band-tailed pigeon, in their endeavor.