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Cenozoic Park: Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger

Posted by michael on from the velociraptor-up-next dept.

Mirk writes "The Australian Museum reports a breakthrough in their plans to clone the Tasmanian Tiger. The ``tiger'', actually a carnivorous marsupial, became extinct in 1936, when the last known specimen died in captivity. Er, did I say ``extinct''? Now it looks like what everyone thought was an extinction may be ``a 70-year hiccup'', to quote the press release. The museum's Evolutionary Biology Unit have successfully replicated individual Tasmanian Tiger genes using a process known as PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)."

6 of 385 comments (clear)

  1. Wow... by ImaLamer · · Score: 5, Funny

    State funded cloning... kinda like a movie I just watched yesterday.

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  2. One thing worse than cloning extinct animals... by FortKnox · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... is cloning slashdot articles!

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
  3. Tiger, not devil by srmalloy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Bugs Bunny will just kill it again.

    Tasmanian tiger, not Tasmanian devil. In the future, please pay more attention to the details; they're important.
  4. You missed one by sien · · Score: 4, Funny
    You left out the most important one:

    4. Does it taste good ?

  5. Re:As much as I want to be happy about this... by DrSkwid · · Score: 4, Funny

    unless it's adaptation was "appeal to genetic scientists as a good candidate for a Polymerase Chain Reaction"

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  6. Re:How PCR works (b/c I'm bored) by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 3, Funny
    5' ATTTC 3'
    5' ATTTC 3' and 5' GAAAT 3'
    5' ATTTG (long space........) TCGTC 3'
    3' TAAAC (long space........) AGGAG 5'

    Yes Alex, I'd like to buy a vowel...

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