In a first, RNA is recovered from extinct Tasmanian tiger thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Researchers said on Tuesday they have recovered RNA from the desiccated skin and muscle of a Tasmanian tiger stored since 1891 at a museum in Stockholm.
Researchers have recovered RNA - genetic material in all living cells that has structural similarities to DNA - from a Tasmanian tiger stored since 1891.
RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Tasmanian tiger, a dog-sized striped carnivorous marsupial also called the thylacine, once roamed the Australian continent and adjacent islands, an apex predator that hunted kangaroos and other prey. Because of humans, the species is now extinct. But that does not mean scientists have stopped learning about it. In a scientific first, researchers said on Tuesday (Sept 19) they have.