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Inbreeding adds to growing threats to Africa’s smallest wildcat, study finds
These high levels of inbreeding are likely due to historic ... In Sliwa’s long-term black-footed cat study sites in South Africa and Namibia, the impacts are alarming. “I currently really ...
Genetic study finds high inbreeding rates in South Indian communities
A study that analysed genes of South Indian populations suggests a high inbreeding rate of nearly 60 per cent. The historic ...
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Whether It's Chlamydia or Inbreeding, Sydney’s Koalas Face Terrible Threats
Inbreeding or chlamydia? It’s an impossible situation ... the koalas in the southwestern suburbs of Sydney are some of the only koalas in New South Wales that are still free of chlamydia, a contagious ...
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The imminent risks facing Sydney's koala population
A. McLennan et al, Low genetic diversity and high inbreeding in one of the last chlamydia-free strongholds for New South Wales koalas, Conservation Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s10592-025-01682-6 ...
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To Mate or Not to Mate? Baboons’ Inbreeding Defense Is Biased
A study published last month (February 24) in Current Biology finds that death, dispersals, and an unknown innate strategy help wild baboons avoid inbreeding. But the animals do sometimes mate with ...
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Genetic study finds high inbreeding rates in South Indian communities
Genetic study finds high inbreeding rates in South Indian communities The authors also identified variants responsible for diseases and drug responses unique to a specific population.