DNA extracted from 50-year-old animal dung could reveal whether the Tasmanian Tiger survived beyond its reported extinction. Researchers will extract the DNA from droppings found in the 1950s and 1960s and preserved by the Tasmanian Museum.
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Volume 2 Number 4
October — December 2009
ISSN: 1834-4364
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