High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kakapo population is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered species.
High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō population, funded through a Genomics Aotearoa project, is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered species.
The state-of-the-art methods developed by Dr. Joseph Guhlin and an international team to study kākāpō has revealed important aspects of kākāpō biology. The methods, reusable code, and pipeline is a blueprint and tool for conservation genomics in other species, especially intensively managed species. This has massive implications.
This has given researchers the tools needed to identify specific genetic characteristics that are crucial to survival. Department of Conservation's Science Advisor for kākāpō Recovery, Dr. Andrew Digby, believes the genetic tools this study provides will make an immense difference to kākāpō conservation.
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