kakapo--contd.

Genetics Because kākāpō passed through a genetic bottleneck, in which their world population was reduced to 49 birds, they are extremely inbred and have low genetic diversity. This manifests in lower disease resistance and in fertility problems: 61% of kākāpō eggs fail to hatch.[34] Beginning in 2015, the Kākāpō 125+ project has sequenced the genome of all living kākāpō, as well as some museum specimens.[35] The project is a collaboration led by Genomics Aotearoa and a collaboration with a team of international collaborators.[36][37]