Genomes could help save Tasmanian devils

Monday, June 27, 2011 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

The genetic code for two Tasmanian devils named Spirit and Cedric may help preserve a healthy population of these large, carnivorous marsupials threatened with extinction by a devastating, infectious cancer, scientists say.

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