Thylacine Research Unit (TRU) Podcast

Overview In this episode, Bill, Chris and Waz talk about the potential for cloning the thylacine. They discuss the technology, recent history of cloning, de-extinction, and re-wilding of the thylacine. Show Content There are a couple of places people can tune in or access the podcast itunes (please rate and subscribe) youtube - please subscribe TRU website - on the podcasts tab   www.thylacineresearchunit.org   This is a topical issue, the question is broken into a couple of parts... 1. Cloning the thylacine 2. De-extinction 3. re-wilding. Professor Michael Archer's attempt to clone thylacine Was the attempt all media hype Does the technology exist? Talk about quality of the DNA Assuming that thylacines are still extant - but in very low numbers could cloning help with improving genetic diversity Given that thylacine suffered from a an illness that may have doomed them could cloned thylacines be destined to suffer from the same fate - again low amount of genetic diversity - e.g., devi