The team may then attempt to change Nicobar pigeon cells to make them seem like dodo cells.

然后，该研究小组可能会尝试编辑尼科巴鸠的细胞，使其看起来像渡渡鸟的细胞。

The dodo's closest living relative is the Nicobar pigeon, said Beth Shapiro, a scientific advisor with the bioscience company.

该生物科学公司的科学顾问贝丝·夏皮罗说，渡渡鸟现存的近亲是尼科巴鸠。

Shapiro's team plans to study DNA differences between the Nicobar pigeon and the dodo to understand " what are the genes that really make a dodo a dodo, " she said.

夏皮罗的团队计划研究尼科巴鸠和渡渡鸟之间的 DNA 差异，以了解 “真正使渡渡鸟成为渡渡鸟的基因是什么，” 她说。