Numbat genome decoded

Wednesday 9th February 2022

We’ve decoded the numbat genome – and it could bring the thylacine’sresurrection a step closer

There will still be significant hurdles between having a complete thylacine genome and cloning a thylacine for real. But what takes this scenario from …
Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.