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What genetics reveal about our wild animals

How many animals live in an area? Where are they migrating? How old are they? Genetic analyzes can answer more and more such questions – and are therefore also of interest for nature conservation.

The males of the capercaillie are imposing animals and grow to the size of a turkey. Nevertheless, the shy birds are difficult to observe.

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Suddenly there is a lead. Pierre Mollet saw them from about eight meters away. He hastily trudges across the snow-covered forest floor in big strides with his snowshoes. The footprints of a bird, about ten centimeters wide, can be seen in the frozen snow. Mollet bends over her. “It was definitely a grouse,” he says in an excited voice.

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