Poor genetic health threatens many species – but it’s fixable
Stuart Westmorland/Getty By the early 1990s, there were only around 20 Florida Panthers left on the planet. A distinct and isolated population of the widespread Puma (Puma concolor), the Florida Panther was pushed to the edge of extinction by a range of threats. One major issue was their poor genetic health, a measure of how diverse an individual or population’s genes are and how related everyone is. In 1995, researchers performed a daring “genetic rescue”. They introduced a handful of Texan…
Where: Australia, Florida, United Kingdom, Finland
Exact coordinates
australia: -25.270, 133.780
florida: 27.660, -81.520
united kingdom: 55.380, -3.440
finland: 61.920, 25.750
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