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Professor Marilyn Renfree
Ian Potter Chair Biosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne
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Sciences & Technology
Delving into the DNA of our iconic platypus and echidna
The genomes of the platypus and echidna have now been published, providing a valuable resource for research, as well as for their conservation and health
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Sciences & Technology
The wallaby that's permanently pregnant
The swamp wallaby, an iconic Australian marsupial, has accomplished an incredible reproductive feat as the only mammal known to be pregnant and lactating throughout the female’s entire adult life
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Sciences & Technology
Bringing back the northern white rhino from ‘extinction’
There are only two female northern white rhinos left in the world, but the species could soon make a comeback thanks to assisted reproductive technologies and a little help from their southern cousins