Extinct Tasmanian "tiger" DNA has clues to demise

Monday, January 12, 2009 - 18:00 in Biology & Nature

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DNA taken from the hair of two extinct Tasmanian "tigers" suggests the Australian marsupials last seen 70 years ago may have become too inbred to survive as a species, researchers reported on Monday.

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