Hope for koala as scientists make genetic breakthrough

By Melissa Davey
Updated May 2 2013 - 5:09pm, first published April 10 2013 - 3:00am
Genetic win: Professor Peter Timms, far left, with Adam Polkinghorne, Dr Rebecca Johnson and Mark Eldridge, says it was "only right" his team won the global race to diagnose and treat diseases threatening to wipe out koalas. Photo: Ben Rushton
Genetic win: Professor Peter Timms, far left, with Adam Polkinghorne, Dr Rebecca Johnson and Mark Eldridge, says it was "only right" his team won the global race to diagnose and treat diseases threatening to wipe out koalas. Photo: Ben Rushton

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the koala, winning a global race to unravel its genetic blueprint.

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