Furry tail or fairytale? Thylacine de-extinction bid wins $10m boost, but critics question science - Sydney Morning Herald

If milestones are met, the project is expected to run for a decade before producing its first live Tasmanian tiger. “We will bring something back, 100 per cent,” Professor Andrew Pask says.

Each step ahead of the team would represent a major scientific breakthrough, and Pask and Colossal would need to nail every one to produce a live tiger. First, they need to build a complete genome p… [+2403 chars]

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