Article
Temporal Loss of Genome-Wide and Immunogenetic Diversity in a Near-Extinct Parrot.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2025
Silver Luke W, Farquharson Katherine A, Peel Emma, Gilbert M Thomas P, Belov Katherine, Morales Hernán E, Hogg Carolyn J
Abstract excerpt
Loss of genetic diversity threatens a species' adaptive potential and long-term resilience. Predicted to be extinct by 2038, the orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) is a critically endangered migratory bird threatened by numerous viral, bacterial and fungal diseases. The species has undergone multiple population crashes, reaching a low of three wild-born females and 13 males in 2016, and is now...
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- Animals
- Parrots
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- Male
- Female
- Genetics, Population
