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Red and grey squirrel genomes could hold the key to the survival of reds in Britain and Ireland

February 5, 2020

Wayne Coles

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Red squirrel
New hope for the preservation of red squirrels in Britain and Ireland is on the horizon, after the completion of the red and grey squirrel reference genomes by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators. The genomes may hold clues to why grey squirrels are immune to squirrel pox, a disease that is…
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