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Darwin’s rabbit helps to explain the fightback against myxomatosis

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Rabbit collections at the Natural History Museum, London. Image courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum

Seventy years after myxomatosis decimated the rabbit populations of Australia, Britain and France, a new study led by Cambridge scientists reveals how the species has evolved genetic resistance to the disease through natural selection.

Rabbit collections at the Natural History Museum, London.

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