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Scientists sequence extinct Tasmanian
tiger's genome
Because the Tasmanian tiger was a marsupial—a mammal with
a pouch—the specimen could be preserved in its entirety, allowing researchers to
extract DNA to sequence the thylacine genome. Pask says the results
provide the first full genetic blueprint of the largest Australian apex predator
to survive ...
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Tasmanian Tigers Were in Trouble Even
Before Humans Came to Australia
The Tasmanian tiger – or thylacine – looked like a
dog, had stripes like a tiger and carried its young in a pouch like a kangaroo.
This strange creature went extinct in the early 20th century. The last
thylacine died in captivity at Hobart Zoo, Tasmania, in 1936, just a few
years after humans had hunted it to ...
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Tasmanian tiger doomed long before humans
came along
A stuffed Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine), declared
extinct in 1936. – AFP. “As this genome is one of the most complete for an
extinct species, it is technically the first step to 'bringing the
thylacine back', but we are still a long way off that possibility.” The
animal was once widespread across Australia, but was ...
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