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Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/thylacines-genome-provides-clues-about-why-it-went-extinct/

Thylacines were once found throughout Australia and New Guinea Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images The loss of crucial genes over millions of years before the arrival of humans in Australia may have left thylacines more vulnerable to extinction. The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the last survivor of a family of marsupials known as Thylacinidae […]

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Publish date : 2025-08-27 00:00:00

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