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Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Oct 2004

Spielman Derek, Brook Barry W, Frankham Richard

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There is controversy concerning the role of genetic factors in species extinctions. Many authors have asserted that species are usually driven to extinction before genetic factors have time to impact them, but few studies have seriously addressed this issue. If this assertion is true, there will be little difference in genetic diversity between threatened and taxonomically related nonthreatened species. We...

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PMID: 15477597
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403809101
PMCID: PMC524053

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