mātauranga pītau ira
1. (noun) DNA knowledge.
Heoi, ka tohu ngā rangahau mātauranga pītau ira nō ngā tau tōmua o te mano tau 2000, tērā pea i ahu mai ngā hue o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa mai i ngā hua kākano whakauru mai Amerika me Āhia (Te Ara 2011). / However DNA research in the early 2000s suggests that the gourds of the Pacific are a hybrid of American and Asian species.