Evolutionary threat: Chinese mountain birds lost nearly half genetic diversity in 50 years
Genetic diversity is nature’s insurance policy – an evolutionary safety net that provides the building blocks for natural selection. While members of the same species share a mostly identical genome, a sliver of unique genetic variants determines their individual traits. When this diversity erodes, and a population becomes more uniform, it could leave them vulnerable to the same threats and…
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