Thylacinus cynocephalus
The extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine was a large, carnivorous Australian marsupial whose resemblance to eutherian canines is one of the most striking examples of convergent evolution in mammals. We have sequenced the genome of an ethanol-preserved thylacine pouch young specimen. We are using the data to search for genomic signatures of convergent evolution with canines using comparative genomic approaches.
isolate
PY-MV-C5757
dev_stage
Pouch Young
sex
female
tissue
missing
biomaterial_provider
Museum Victoria
isolation-source
soft tissue of a 108-year-old, alcohol-preserved thylacine pouch young specimen
geo-loc-name
Australia: Tasmania
sample_type
tissue (unspecified)
store_cond
Ethanol
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal