How gene mapping almost all remaining kākāpō will help NZ’s rare night parrot survive
- Written by Joseph Guhlin, Postdoctoral Researcher with Genomics Aotearoa, University of Otago
Shutterstock/FeatherStalker DonThe genetic mapping of almost the entire kākāpō population has shed new light on specific traits that will help conservation biologists in their efforts to save the critically endangered flightless night parrots.
It also provides a blueprint for conservation genomics of other threatened species.
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