Scientists succeed in extracting RNA molecules from an extinct species for the first time

The researchers are hopeful the breakthrough will allow them to study how RNA viruses evolve. In a world-first, scientists in Sweden have succeeded in extracting and sequencing RNA molecules from an extinct species - in this case, a century old Tasmanian tiger known as a thylacine. Tasmanian…

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