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Genetic Study Finds Severe Inbreeding in Endangered Mountain Gorillas

The most extensive genetic analysis of mountain gorillas ever conducted has found the critically endangered apes burdened with severe inbreeding and at risk of extinction. But the researchers still see reasons for optimism about their survival. Twenty-three scientists from six countries unveiled on Thursday the first complete genetic map of the mountain gorilla, a close genetic cousin to humans inhabiting two isolated areas in central Africa. “We found extremely high levels of...


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