Historical genomes reveal recent changes in genetic health of eastern gorillas
Thursday, December 27, 2018 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
The critically endangered Grauer's gorilla has recently lost genetic diversity and has experienced an increase in harmful mutations. These conclusions were reached by an international team of researchers who sequenced eleven genomes from eastern gorilla specimens collected up to 100 years ago, and compared these with genomes from present-day individuals. The results are now published in Current Biology.