Can species be genetically doomed? Watch Jay’s video assignment for honours 2018 @ Deakin University

We are happy to share Jay Fitzpatrick‘s video assignment for honours 2018 @ Deakin University, exploring a scientific paper that discovered that thylacines were genetically doomed before human settlement in Australia.

Jay Fitzpatrick  – Honours student, co-supervised with Dr Rodrigo Hamede from University of Tasmania.
Topic of research –  “the role of the innate immune system in DFTD progression and epidemiology“.