A Canada Lynx (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

A Canada Lynx

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Scientists led by conservation geneticist Tanya Lama at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with the Vertebrate Genome Laboratory (VGL), New York, published the first-ever whole genome for the Canada lynx. It will aid researchers studying evolution, disease, genetics and conservation.

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Bill Byrne/MassWildlife

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