Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus ...

Koalas infected with the retrovirus are at a higher risk of chlamydia, which has devastated populations in Queensland and New South Wales. The virus has also been linked to lymphomas that have caused ...

A unique genetic adaptation in koalas north of the Brisbane River in Australia was offering new hope for the species' ...

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus ...

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Gaylene Thomas, a wildlife care manager at the San Diego Zoo, oversees two teams that care for a variety of species, ...

About 30 percent of the local koala population in the Sunshine Coast hinterland carry this genetic adaptation, whereas the unique immunity is nearly absent in populations on the Gold Coast in ...

A genetic breakthrough has revealed some koalas have immunity to a deadly virus, offering hope for the species’ survival.

One example is koala retrovirus, a condition all koalas ... Thomas said some of the adaptations that allow them to eat insects are missing incisors on the upper jaw and the ability to close ...