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Mutation rate estimate and population genomic analysis reveals decline of koalas prior to human arrival

2025-05-19

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The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), an iconic Australian marsupial, has experienced substantial historical and contemporary population declines. Identifying the drivers of these declines has been hindered by limited genomic data and by uncertainty regarding the koala mutation rate. Here, we provide the first direct estimate of the koala mutation rate, based on four parent-offspring trios, yielding a mean of 6.12×1...

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Literature Corpus work: 1f880471-64e0-5c69-b382-c2df44ebc7b9
DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.15.654135

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