Gene From Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Functions In Mouse

Genes extracted from the now extinct Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) havebeen inserted into a mouse, where they not only were synthesized butalso showed biological functionality. This is the first time afunctional response has been generated from DNA from an extinctspecies, and the results show that the protein, thylacine Col2a1,serves a similar function in the transgenic mouse as it did in theoriginal species.

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Filed under: Biology on May 22nd, 2008