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. 1991 Aug;29(7-8):355-63.
doi: 10.1007/BF00554143.

Conservation genetics of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). II. Limited variability in minisatellite DNA sequences

A C Taylor  1 , J A Graves, N D Murray, W B Sherwin
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Conservation genetics of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). II. Limited variability in minisatellite DNA sequences

A C Taylor et al. Biochem Genet. 1991 Aug.

Abstract

We have examined variability in TaqI and EcoRI restriction fragment sizes of DNA from the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) using six HVR (hypervariable region) probes which reveal complex, individual-specific restriction patterns in humans and other species. Frequency of band-sharing among unrelated koalas was extremely high. This result is likely to be a consequence of the history of near-extinction and artificial recolonization of the populations we have studied, rather than a general marsupial or koala-wide phenomenon.

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