Cute but cantankerous, koalas are making a surprising recovery from a genetic bottleneck, with their once most threatened populations now displaying surprising diversity. “It still looks like they’re ...

If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a “koala paradox”: endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically ...

A landmark finding that suggests koala genetic diversity not the only deciding factor in successful regrowth of populations.

Koalas’ population comeback may be doing more than boosting numbers—it could also be rebuilding their lost genetic diversity.

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Cardiology, a group of researchers identified rare predicted loss-of-function variants associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) and elucidated their ...

Single-letter genetic variations within parts of the genome once dismissed as 'junk DNA' can increase cancer risk through wormhole-like effects on far-off genes, new research shows. Researchers found ...

Structural variants (SVs) are alterations in the DNA sequence that involve large-scale changes, typically longer than 50 base pairs. Advances in long-read sequencing have significantly increased ...

Some koalas may recover their genes after major population crashes. Growing koala populations may rebuild genetic strength over time.