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Tasmanian tiger RNA is first to be recovered from an extinct animal

Genetic sequences from a museum specimen offer fresh clues about the physiology of thylacines, which went extinct in the 1930s. Genetic sequences from a museum specimen offer fresh clues about the physiology of thylacines, which went extinct in the 1930s.

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In a first, RNA is recovered from extinct Tasmanian tiger

In a first, RNA is recovered from extinct Tasmanian tiger
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Scientists one step closer to recreating extinct species

The Tasmanian tiger could walk the Earth again after going extinct in 1936 after scientists announced they recovered RNA from one that has been dead since 1891 - a scientific first.

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In a first, RNA is recovered from extinct Tasmanian tiger

(Reuters) - 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.

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In a first, RNA is recovered from extinct Tasmanian tiger

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. In a scientific first, researchers said on Tuesday they have recovered RNA - genetic material present in all living cells that has structural similarities to DNA - from the desiccated skin and muscle of a Tasmanian tiger stored since 1891 at a museum in Stockholm. While not the focus of this research, the ability to extract, sequence and analyze old RNA could boost efforts by other scientists toward recreating extinct species.

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