Snow leopards are the world’s least genetically diverse big cat

New study reveals snow leopards have lowest genetic diversity among big cats, posing challenges for future conservation ...
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A visit from the stork brings genomic hope for this endangered species

A new genomic study of the endangered Oriental Stork reveals that the population's genetic health is still surprisingly strong, with high genetic diversity and low levels of inbreeding. This is an ...
Popular Science

The last woolly mammoths were impressively inbred—but that’s not what killed them

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The Washington Post

Study shows Darwin had reason to worry about inbreeding in his family

Study shows Darwin had reason to worry about inbreeding in his family Charles Darwin's experiments with plants showed that self-fertilized plants were weaker than those produced by cross-fertilization ...