Cenozoic Park: Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger

Posted by michael on Tuesday May 28, 2002 @02:31AM 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)."

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Definition: FIT by millette · 2002-05-28 04:36 · Score: 0, Redundant

If an animal goes extinct, for whatever reason, it is unfit. If it comes back, in any manner, it is by definition fit again. It's really that simple.
I don't have anything to add, this is perfect. Thank you Daniel.