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“What we're doing is a little bit different, we're going to be sequencing individual chromosomes, so we're narrowing it down,” she said. There is growing evidence differences in DNA structure play an important role in determining other reproductive traits in birds, she said. “Our research will use new and established techniques to explore the genetic basis of early hatching failure in kākāpō. “We believe this knowledge will transform the way we manage endangered species.” Bruce Mercer/Stuff Sirocco the kākāpō at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari in Hamilton. The kākāpō ...

Date Time Breakthrough for kākāpō hatching could be in genes Research using DNA in a new way could help Aotearoa New Zealand’s kākāpo – one of the country’s most critically endangered native birds – hatch chicks more successfully. University of Canterbury doctoral student Jana Wold and Associate Professor Tammy Steeves plan to investigate DNA to find the cause of high rates of hatching failure in the endangered kākāpō. A University of Canterbury-led nationwide project investigating the DNA structure of the flightless parrot in a bid to find the cause of high hatching failure i...

Share A University of Canterbury-led nationwide project investigating the DNA structure of the flightless parrot in a bid to find the cause of high hatching failure is launching later this year. Leading conservation geneticist Dr Tammy Steeves, an Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury, believes the research will be the first in the world to investigate the relationship between DNA structure and early hatching failure. It builds on her team’s earlier work using genomic data to boost the recovery of New Zealand’s endangered birds. “There ...