Taylor A C, Graves J A, Murray N D, Sherwin W B
Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Biochem Genet. 1991 Aug;29(7-8):355-63. doi: 10.1007/BF00554143.
We have examined variability in TaqI and EcoRI restriction fragment sizes of DNA from the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) using six HVR (hypervariable region) probes which reveal complex, individual-specific restriction patterns in humans and other species. Frequency of band-sharing among unrelated koalas was extremely high. This result is likely to be a consequence of the history of near-extinction and artificial recolonization of the populations we have studied, rather than a general marsupial or koala-wide phenomenon.
