Tasmanian tigers were in poor genetic health, study finds
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Tasmanian tiger: The plan to bring 'a dingo with a pouch' back from extinction : NPR
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Scientists sequence extinct Tasmanian tiger's genome - Futurity
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Resurrecting the Tasmanian tiger may be a noble idea – but what about preserving existing species?, Adam Morton
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Australian Scientists Hope To 'De-Extinct' Tasmanian Tiger In Next 10 Years
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Lack Of Genetic Diversity May Have Doomed Tasmanian Tiger, Scientists Say : The Two-Way : NPR
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The long-lost remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger have been found in a cupboard
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A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here's what we found
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Scientists Are Exploring How to Bring the Tasmanian Tiger Back from Extinction
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This De-Extinction Company Wants to Resurrect the Thylacine