Kangaroo Island koala (IMAGE)

Flinders University

Kangaroo Island koala

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Kangaroo Island koalas have many more, and longer, stretches of identical DNA inherited from both parents. Scientists call these stretches runs of homozygosity, and they are a hallmark of inbreeding.

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Flinders University

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