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Very interesting, I had no idea that Cheetahs had such an insane bottleneck. One question though, what do you mean by "they are so genetically close that they c

Very interesting, I had no idea that Cheetahs had such an insane bottleneck. One question though, what do you mean by "they are so genetically close that they can take each other"?

icegreentea2 9y ago
Think gumby is talking about studies from the 80s which showed that captive unrelated cheetahs can accept skin grafts from each other. More detail (and later developments!) here: https://chickenoreggblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/cheetah-genetic-diversity-revisited/ https://chickenoreggblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/cheetah-ge...
- gumby 9y ago
  Yes, that was it
gumby 9y ago
I’m sorry, keyboard problem with this $#@ iPad. They can take skin grafts from each other.
- ratacat 9y ago
  And we can accept skin grafts from sus scrofa (but many people don't believe Gene McCarthys theory that we're descendant from pig / monkey hybrids)
  - animal531 9y ago
    But we need medication to stop rejection, whereas the cheetahs don't.