Limited Genetic Diversity Preceded Extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger

• Brandon R. Menzies ,

  * E-mail: menzies@izw-berlin.de

  Affiliations Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany, Department of Zoology, the University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Victoria, Australia

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• Marilyn B. Renfree,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, the University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Victoria, Australia

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• Thomas Heider,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Frieder Mayer,

  Affiliation Berlin Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse, Berlin, Germany

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• Thomas B. Hildebrandt,

  Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

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• Andrew J. Pask

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

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