Most Complete Thylacine Genome Yet Reconstructed In Push For De-Extinction, Company Claims....And it's all thanks to a 110-year-old head.

IFL Science ^ | October 16, 2024 | Tom Hale

[Red Badger]

Thylacine PinGGG!...............

[Billthedrill]

...with the help of RNA from a head that’s been preserved in alcohol for over a century.

"We think it's a good copy, Professor, but for some reason it's drunk all the time."

[SunkenCiv]

Wah-oooo, marsupial wolf of Tasmania.

• Ongoing Sightings of This Enigmatic Lost Species Continue to Challenge Accepted Views on Its Extinction [05/30/2024]
• Thylacine De-extinction: Why We Need to Talk About Resurrecting Species [09/13/2022]
• Australian Scientists Are Attempting To Bring The Thylacine Back From Extinction [03/03/2022]
• Australian Scientists Plan to Resurrect the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger-An ambitious new project aims to bring an iconic marsupial species back from the dead. [03/02/2022]
• Tasmanian tiger pups found to be extraordinary similar to wolf pups [ thylacine ] [01/08/2021]
• Are 'extinct' animals making a comeback? [01/16/2016]
• Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea? [06/18/2013]
• Fascinating old photos [05/01/2013]
• Bigger and brainier: did dingoes kill thylacines? [05/15/2012]
• Genetic secrets from Tassie tiger (new talk on bringing extinct thylacine back to life) [01/15/2009]
• Thylacine was always going to die off [09/17/2007]
• Tasmanian Tiger No Match For Dingo [09/05/2007]
• Tasmanian Tiger Extinction Mystery [06/27/2007]
• THE BOOTLEG FILES: "FOOTAGE OF THE LAST THYLACINE" [02/21/2007]
• The Thylacine Debate - Is the Tasmanian Tiger Really Extinct? [03/22/2006]
• Another `thylacine' sighted [01/10/2006]
• Australian scientists plan to clone extinct Tasmanian tiger [05/17/2005]
• 'Sighting' Of Tasmanian Tiger Sparks L1.2m Bounty Hunt [04/02/2005]
• Dog Doubts Over Tasmanian Tiger [11/04/2003]
• Downfall of the Yarri [01/27/2003]
• Scientists pledge to clone extinct Tasmanian tiger [05/28/2002]

[brownsfan]

Looks more like an undernourished dog.

[married21]

Thanks for posting this article.

[CIB-173RDABN]

They learned nothing from JURASSIC PARK?

I am beginning to think the death of all humans will be the result of some scientist doing something in a lab perhaps they should not be doing (covid 2.0)

[caddie]

See this is why we absolutely should do whatever scientists say.

I swear, between these guys and the Covid virus idiots we don't have a chance in hell of survival.

That's the thing with 'experts'... tons of degrees, papers, prizes, funding, titles, status...

and not a LICK of SENSE.

[Larry Lucido]

[Resolute Conservative]

Or Xenomorphs (from Alien(s) for those unfamiliar with the term).

[PerConPat]

...and not a LICK of SENSE.

LOL...For these guys, life is one big, Gov't-funded science fair. It's fun to watch their goofy celebrations when they "succeed". Especially at NASA and CERN...

[fella]

I’d like to see the return of the Passenger Pigeon.

[fella]

The Thursday Next series had a story line about species being de-extincted.

[Red Badger]

From WIKI:

DNA in old museum specimens is often degraded and fragmentary, and passenger pigeon specimens have been used in various studies to discover improved methods of analyzing and assembling genomes from such material. DNA samples are often taken from the toe pads of bird skins in museums, as this can be done without causing significant damage to valuable specimens.[20][21] The passenger pigeon had no known subspecies.[13] Hybridization occurred between the passenger pigeon and the Barbary dove (Streptopelia risoria) in the aviary of Charles Otis Whitman (who owned many of the last captive birds around the turn of the 20th century, and kept them with other pigeon species) but the offspring were infertile.[16][22]

[Tax-chick]

What could go wrong?

[Tax-chick]

Yes, it was interesting and sad.

[Red Badger]

I would love to see the Dodo and the Moa brought back...............

[SteveH]

it’s a dog...

it’s a thylacine...

it’s DOWNUNDERDOG!

[BenLurkin]

I’m only here for the pictures of Helen Thomas.

[heartwood]

Marsupials have very short gestation, 10 to 40 days, and the thylacine belonged to the family with the shortest.

That might permit a different species to serve as a surrogate mother, poor thing.

I wonder if there are any big enough.

Or maybe the project is actually an exercise in constructing artificial wombs. It only has to work for a month, phase one.