From shed hair, scientists obtain whole genomes of wild tigers
2020-05-21 06:59
Wild tigers are hard to study. That’s why India’s tiger census uses camera traps to take photographs of tigers as they walk unsuspectingly by; geneticists pick up tiger poop or hair from forest trails used by the elusive big cats, to obtain DNA. Tiger poop, or scat, is the most accessible source of tiger DNA […]
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