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Low Spatial Genetic Differentiation Associated with Rapid Recolonization in the New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2016
Dussex Nicolas, Robertson Bruce C, Salis Alexander T, Kalinin Aleksandr, Best Hugh, Gemmell Neil J
Abstract excerpt
Population declines resulting from anthropogenic activities are of major consequence for the long-term survival of species because the resulting loss of genetic diversity can lead to extinction via the effects of inbreeding depression, fixation of deleterious mutations, and loss of adaptive potential. Otariid pinnipeds have been exploited commercially to near extinction with some species showing higher...
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