Tasmanian devils can avoid extinction by genetically altering themselves

On August 30, scientists announced that the Tasmanian demon had genetically evolved at a surprisingly fast rate and this could help this predator avoid it. Endangered. In the past 20 years, the number of Tasmanian demons has been greatly reduced because they have an incurable infectious face cancer.

An international scientist conducted a haploid genome study of 294 Tasmanian demons before and after the appearance of this cancer 20 years ago and found a change in two small parts of the single genome. The multiples contain 7 genes, only from 4 to 6 generations of this species.

Tasmanian devils live in Tasmania island of Australia.

Scientists also said that five of the seven genes combine to form the immune system and the Tasmanian demon is developing resistance to the cancer.

According to Griffith University Professor (Hamish McCallum) (Australia), the co-author of the study, said he was surprised to see this rapid change and hoped that adaptive change would allow for increased survival remnants of Tasmanian demons being destroyed by this disease.

Tasmanian bagged carnivores live in Australia's Tasmanian island. With the body of a small dog, this demon lives in caves and it is difficult to recognize this species in the dark because its fur color is very dark.

This species has been transmitted from the face tumor in 1996 and is at risk of extinction. The disease is spread through bites between Tasmanian demons - which are very aggressive and have strong teeth. Within 20 years, at least 80% of this population of demons disappeared from Tasmania. There are only a few thousand Tasmanian demons living in the wild nature of this island. When this disease occurs, the demons will die of starvation due to tumors growing on the face and inside of the mouth that make these animals inedible.