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Andrew Weeks, Associate Senior Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne

We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions

Desley Whisson

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 diverse in some regions, genetically depleted in others.

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