幫絕種的有袋動物Tassie tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)定序

Genetic secrets from Tassie tiger (CNN News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7825011.stm

他定序了已經絕種的有袋類哺乳動物Tassie tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)，去比較看和現存的哪些動物親緣關係比較相近一點。不過在新聞裡面好像沒看到結果Orz 唯一的結果好像就是他們找的那兩隻博物館標本的樣本的序列幾乎一樣。

這是篇發表在Genome Research的研究，很可惜沒辦法把絕種動物的whole genome弄出來:P 不過他還是只有定到mitochondira ，不過有15kb左右也算不少了。


有趣的摘錄XDD："I want to learn as much as I can about why large mammals become extinct because all my friends are large mammals," Professor Miller added.