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Genetic rescue is seen as a mitigation strategy designed to restore genetic diversity and reduce extinction risks in small, isolated and frequently inbred populations. [1] It is largely implemented through translocation, a type of demographic rescue and technical migration that adds individuals to a population to prevent its potential extinction.
Genetic pollution is a term for uncontrolled [1] [2] gene flow into wild populations. It is defined as "the dispersal of contaminated altered genes from genetically engineered organisms to natural organisms, esp. by cross-pollination", [3] but has come to be used in some broader ways.
This reduction in genetic diversity was correlated with defects that include lower sperm quality, abnormal testosterone levels, cowlicks, and kinked tails. [16] In response, a genetic rescue plan was put in motion and several female pumas from Texas were introduced into the Florida population.
The Tanoli (Hindko/Urdu: تنولی، تناولی) are a Hindkowan tribe living mainly in the Hazara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. [1] [2] They form the majority of the population of Lassan Nawab union council. [3] The Tanoli describe themselves as Barlas Turks. They never submitted to the British colonial rule in the 1840s.
Revive & Restore is a nonprofit wildlife conservation organization focused on use of biotechnology in conservation.Headquartered in Sausalito, California, the organization's mission is to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species.
Evolutionary rescue is distinct from demographic rescue, where a population is sustained by continuous migration from elsewhere, without the need for evolution. [13] On the other hand, genetic rescue , where a population persists because of migration that reduces inbreeding depression, can be thought of a special case of evolutionary rescue ...
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Richard Dawkins has also written forewords to books, including: [3] Red Strangers by Elspeth Huxley, republished by Penguin Books, 1999. The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore, Oxford University Press, 1999. Pyramids of Life by Harvey Croze and John Reader, Harvill Press, 2000. Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations by John Diamond, Vintage, 2001.