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Koalas (Phascolarctos Cinereus) From Queensland Are Genetically Distinct From 2 Populations In Victoria, Christina T. Ruiz-Rodriguez, Yasuko Ishida, Neil D. Murray, Stephen J. O'Brien, Jennifer A.M. Graves, Alex D. Greenwood, Alfred L. Roca
Koalas (Phascolarctos Cinereus) From Queensland Are Genetically Distinct From 2 Populations In Victoria, Christina T. Ruiz-Rodriguez, Yasuko Ishida, Neil D. Murray, Stephen J. O'Brien, Jennifer A.M. Graves, Alex D. Greenwood, Alfred L. Roca
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The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) suffered population declines and local extirpation due to hunting in the early 20th century, especially in southern Australia. Koalas were subsequently reintroduced to the Brisbane Ranges (BR) and Stony Rises (SR) by translocating individuals from a population on French Island descended from a small number of founders. To examine genetic diversity and north-south differentiation, we genotyped 13 microsatellite markers in 46 wild koalas from the BR and SR, and 27 Queensland koalas kept at the US zoos. The Queensland koalas displayed much higher heterozygosity (H O = 0.73) than the 2 southern Australian koala populations examined: …