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Platypuses inbreed more when big dams loom

Large barriers to the animals’ movement could threaten their long-term future.
Close-up of a researcher holding a platypus.

Platypuses lives along streams and rivers, which makes them vulnerable to the effects of large dams. Credit: Doug Gimesy/Nature Picture Library

Platypuses in dammed rivers are more likely to have separated into different genetic groups than those in undammed rivers, threatening the populations’ long-term survival1.

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Nature 611, 428 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03537-3

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  1. Mijangos, J. L. et al. Commun. Biol. 5, 1127 (2022).

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