Article
Conservation genetics of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): low mitochondrial DNA variation amongst southern Australian populations.
Genetical research - 1 Feb 1997
Taylor A C, Graves J M, Murray N D, O'Brien S J, Yuhki N, Sherwin B
Abstract excerpt
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations in southern Australia have a history of bottlenecks-earlier this century the species became extinct in South Australia, and almost so in Victoria. Subsequently large numbers of animals from island populations (founded from very few animals) have been tra...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Marsupialia
- South Australia