Sentences with phrase «animal populations genetically»

It is a process which explains how plant and animal populations genetically adapt to ever - changing environments.

Not exact matches

It has already had success in Anglesey which now contains the largest and most genetically diverse red squirrel population in Wales with over 500 animals recorded over a 720km2 landscape.

The animals» surprising genetic history could affect how they are protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), which does not have any provisions for protecting genetically mixed populations.

The increase in animals killed — at least 1500 pantropical spotted dolphins, 159 spinner dolphins, and 15 bottlenose dolphins in 2013 — raises concerns about these small and genetically unique island populations and the animals» welfare, the scientists say.

Inter-breeding animals from two genetically distinct populations can sometimes lead to «hybrid vigor», in which offspring reap the benefits of their parents» individual qualities.

While isolated colonies of laboratory animals are susceptible to becoming less genetically diverse, Brekke et al.'s findings suggest that diversity is maintained across many different populations.

This is the notion of the «daughterless gene» - that we could control populations of invasive animals (like carp, toads etc) by genetically manipulating their sex - determining systems.

Arizona authorities have long opposed the release of captive wolf families into the wild, even though that is the most reliable means of bringing in more genetically diverse animals to ensure the survival of the wild population; currently, nearly all the wolves are related to each other as if they were siblings.

They genetically screened cats to identify low - FEL D1 animals for a breeding population.