The consequences of demographic reduction and genetic depletion in the endangered Florida panther

The Florida panther has recently suffered severe range and demographic contraction, leaving a remarkably low level of genetic diversity. This exerts a severe fitness cost, manifested by spermatozoal defects, cryptorchidism, cardiac abnormalities and infectious diseases that threaten the survival of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current Biology 1993-06, Vol.3 (6), p.340-350
Hauptverfasser: Roelke, Melody E., Martenson, Janice S., O'Brien, Stephen J.
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