Genome sequences of all living kākāpō provide new approaches for evidence-based conservation management, including the identification of genomic regions that are associated with fitness traits, at a time of increased need for breeding programmes for species recovery.
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Taylor, R.S. New tools for the recovery of the kākāpō. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 1589–1590 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02112-x
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