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Low innate immune-gene diversity in the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster)

Caitlin E. Morrison, Auteur ; Carolyn J. Hogg, Auteur ; Rosemary Gales, Auteur ; Rebecca N. Johnson, Auteur ; Catherine E. Grueber, Auteur

Dans Emu - Austral Ornithology (120(1) January, 2020)

Outbreaks of disease in threatened species can increase the likelihood of extinction by reducing population size. Low immunogenetic diversity can increase susceptibility to, and severity of, disease outbreaks. Our study measured genetic diversit[...]

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