Extinct tiger gene resurrected in a mouse

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 10:49 in Biology & Nature

For the first time DNA from an extinct species, Australia's marsupial Tasmanian Tiger, has been used to induce a functional response in a living organism, a mouse embryo, Australian and American scientists said on Tuesday.

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