RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and skeletal muscle transcriptomes from an extinct species for the first time. The researchers note that their findings have relevant implications for international efforts to resurrect extinct species, including both the Tasmanian tiger and the woolly mammoth, as well as for studying pandemic RNA viruses.

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I see it as a great goal because you could possibly “ressurect” extinct animals that died due to us.

    For references in regards to naturally extinct animals see Jurassic Park.

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      It only bothers me the idea of not well thought reintroduction into places that could have adapted to the new life without the extinct species.