Topic

Museomics

Sequencing DNA recovered from museum collections, including preserved skins, bones and teeth, to study populations that are hard or impossible to sample alive.

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science2 publishers

Genome sequencing names Bolivia's tilcayo, the first new living cat species since 1923

Leopardus tilcayo of the Bolivian Yungas was counted inside Leopardus tigrinus until 38 sequenced genomes separated it. The living animal itself is known from two individuals, one of them a captive male.

Publishers:livescience.comnewscientist.com

Reality

Evidence76
Adoption25
Hype gap+15
Incentives35
Confidence72