Scientists release world-first DNA map of an endangered Australian mouse, and it will help to save it
- Written by: Parwinder Kaur, Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia
David Paul, Museums Victoria, CC BYThe native Australian rodent Pseudomys fumeus, named smoky mouse for its colour, was already fighting off extinction when the 2019–20 bushfire season hit.
The Black Summer bushfires, which torched more than 24 million hectares, may have killed an estimated 1 billion animals and put more than 100 threatened...
