Port Stephens koalas face limited gene flow leaving population vulnerable to disease, climate change: research

Simon McCarthy
Updated February 21 2021 - 2:37pm, first published February 20 2021 - 5:00pm
STUDY: An inquiry into a small sample of DNA from Port Stephens koalas suggests that isolated populations in the area are experiencing limited gene flow leaving them vulnerable to disease and climate change. Picture: Marina Neil
STUDY: An inquiry into a small sample of DNA from Port Stephens koalas suggests that isolated populations in the area are experiencing limited gene flow leaving them vulnerable to disease and climate change. Picture: Marina Neil

A small koala DNA study conducted at Port Stephens appears to suggest that koala populations in the area are experiencing increasingly limited gene flow between isolated clusters.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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