| ▲ | Saber-toothed cats became inbred–and struggled to move–before they went extinct(science.org) | |
| 13 points by gmays 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ||
| ▲ | Animats an hour ago | parent [-] | |
Another predator that went through a genetic choke point. Cheetahs did, too.[1] Cheetahs survived, but they are so similar genetically that they get the same illnesses, and skin grafts between unrelated cheetahs are not rejected. [1] https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/108/6/671/3836924 | ||