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Genetics at the verge of extinction: insights from the Iberian lynx.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2013
Casas-Marce M, Soriano L, López-Bao J V, Godoy J A
Abstract excerpt
Population viability might become compromised by the loss of genetic diversity and the accumulation of inbreeding resulting from population decline and fragmentation. The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) provides a paradigmatic example of a species at the verge of extinction, and because of the well-documented and different demographic histories of the two remaining populations (Doñana and Andújar), it provides the...
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