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Scientists find Tasmanian Tiger limited in genetic diversity ABC Online MARK COLVIN: A team of international scientists has found that the Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine, had very limited genetic diversity before it became extinct. The scientists isolated DNA samples from museum specimens that were up to 160 years old. See all stories on this topic » | ||||||
Lack Of Genetic Diversity Put The Tasmanian Tiger In Danger RedOrbit The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, was as large as a medium-sized dog that roamed across both Australia and Tasmania and had no natural predators. It was one of only two marsupials, along with the water opossum, to have a pouch in both ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||
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Cautionary tale in tiger DNA study ABC Online The team combed the world's museums for thylacine specimens, testing 12 different tasmanian tigers for genetic diversity. Scientists extracted DNA from bone, pelt and tissue samples, with some almost 160 years old. They found significant parts of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||
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Scientists Confirm Limited Genetic Diversity in the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2012) — A team of international scientists including from the University of Melbourne have discovered the unique Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine had limited genetic diversity prior to its extinction. The results published April 18 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||
Tasmanian tiger suffered low genomic diversity Phys.Org Credit: Photo courtesy of The Tasmanian National Museum and Art Gallery The enigmatic Tasmanian tiger, known also as the thylacine, was hunted to extinction in the wild at the turn of the 20th century, and the last one died in a Tasmanian zoo in 1936. See all stories on this topic » | ||||||
Tassie tiger study sounds warning Ninemsn Professor Marilyn Renfree, who was part of a team that cloned a thylacine gene in 2008, says the result supports an earlier finding that the Tasmanian devil is also of limited genetic stock, a factor that may be making the fight against its facial ... See all stories on this topic »
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Friday, April 20, 2012
THYLACINE GENETIC DIVERSITY STORY
I find this fascinating; not just the latest claims that the thylacine had particularly low genetic diversity, but that this story has proliferated across the Internet in a remarkably short time, with all sorts of different spins being put upon it...
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