Widespread cis-regulatory convergence between the extinct Tasmanian tiger and gray wolf
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Immunological Insights into the Life and Times of the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was Australia's largest marsupial carnivore until its extinction within the last century. There remains considerable interest and debate regarding the biology of this species. Studies of thylacine biology are now limited to preserved specimens, and parts thereof, as well as written historical accounts of its biology. This study describes the development o...
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We report the first two complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), or so-called Tasmanian tiger, extinct since 1936. The thylacine's phylogenetic position within australidelphian marsupials has long been debated, and here we provide strong support for the thylacine's basal position in Dasyuromorphia, aided by mitochondrial genome sequence that we generat...
متن کاملLimited Genetic Diversity Preceded Extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger
The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine was the largest carnivorous marsupial when Europeans first reached Australia. Sadly, the last known thylacine died in captivity in 1936. A recent analysis of the genome of the closely related and extant Tasmanian devil demonstrated limited genetic diversity between individuals. While a similar lack of diversity has been reported for the thylacine, this analysis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genome Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1088-9051,1549-5469
DOI: 10.1101/gr.244251.118