World first discovery -- genes from extinct Tasmanian tiger function in a mouse
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 08:56
in Biology & Nature
Researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Texas, USA, have extracted genes from the extinct Tasmanian tiger (thylacine), inserted it into a mouse and observed a biological function – this is a world first for the use of the DNA of an extinct species to induce a functional response in another living organism.