All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September How DNA code may save rare truffle-snuffling potoroo How DNA code may save rare truffle-snuffling potoroo 03/09/2021 | 2 MINS Scientists have today unveiled a chromosome-length of DNA from the critically endangered GilbertΓÇÖs potoroo, believed to be AustraliaΓÇÖs scarcest mammal and the worldΓÇÖs rarest marsupial. ItΓÇÖs hoped the genetic data will help save the truffle-snuffling potoroo from extinction. Only around 100-to-120 of the elusive marsupials are thought to still be in existence, all living in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. DNA mapping was carried out through DNA Zoo, a global initiative that analyses genetic data from different species of animals to help researchers, leaders and policy-makers better understand species through their genome, as well as threats to their survival. The DNA was generated using a sample provided by the WAΓÇÖs GilbertΓÇÖs Potoroo Action group (GPAG), with additional computational resources from the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and Aiden Lab at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. DN
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September How DNA code may save rare truffle-snuffling potoroo How DNA code may save rare truffle-snuffling potoroo 03/09/2021 | 2 MINS Scientists have today unveiled a chromosome-length of DNA from the critically endangered GilbertΓÇÖs potoroo, believed to be AustraliaΓÇÖs scarcest mammal and the worldΓÇÖs rarest marsupial.
ItΓÇÖs hoped the genetic data will help save the truffle-snuffling potoroo from extinction.
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Only around 100-to-120 of the elusive marsupials are thought to still be in existence, all living in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
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DNA mapping was carried out through DNA Zoo, a global initiative that analyses genetic data from different species of animals to help researchers, leaders and policy-makers better understand species through their genome, as well as threats to their survival.
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The DNA was generated using a sample provided by the WAΓÇÖs GilbertΓÇÖs Potoroo Action group (GPAG), with additional computational resources from the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and Aiden Lab at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.
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