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| Roelke, M.E.; Martenson, J.S.; O'Brien, S.J. | |
| The consequences of demographic reduction and genetic depletion in the endangered Florida pather | |
| 1993 Current Biology (3 ): 340-350 | |
The Florida panther has recently suffered severe range and demographic contraction, leaving a remarkably low level of genetic diversity. This exerts a sever fitness cost, manifested by spermatozoal defects, cryprochidism, cardiac abnormalities and infectious diseases that threaten the survival of the subspecies. |
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