When the Florida Panther population dropped to 350 wild animals the biologists studying them declared them unviable.
They were already starting to show double recessive birth defects. I remember the first one was a weird section of fur on their backs that was growing against the Normal grain.
I also remember reading that scientists studying colonizing Mars said 1000 random people of excellent health was the bare minimum to make a genetically sound population — BUT (they hastened to add) 10,000 would be WAY BETTER.
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acheron2012 ago
When the Florida Panther population dropped to 350 wild animals the biologists studying them declared them unviable.
They were already starting to show double recessive birth defects. I remember the first one was a weird section of fur on their backs that was growing against the Normal grain.
I also remember reading that scientists studying colonizing Mars said 1000 random people of excellent health was the bare minimum to make a genetically sound population — BUT (they hastened to add) 10,000 would be WAY BETTER.