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Sustained inbreed on a small island is a very common way for apex predators to become extinct and there are lots of examples from around the world of this happe
by danieltillett 8y ago
Sustained inbreed on a small island is a very common way for apex predators to become extinct and there are lots of examples from around the world of this happening after the last ice age.
100 might be OK for a short drop (~150 is considered the bottom end for most populations), but sustain a population at 50 breeding pairs for a few hundred generations and every allele in the population will end up homozygous though genetic drift.