Sentences with phrase «northern white genes»
With so few northern whites remaining, it was decided that a southern white male would be introduced to Fatu and Najin in the hope of producing offspring that would at least preserve some of the northern white genes.
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About 1 in 25 people in white populations carry one normal copy of the gene and one mutated copy, and 70 per cent of all CF carriers in the northern European group carry the same single mutation in the gene.
They tried unsuccessfully to introduce a male southern white rhino to the female northern whites in an effort to at least conserve some of the northern white's genes, and last year listed Sudan on Tinder as the «most eligible bachelor» to raise funds rhino IVF and rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, efforts to breed hybrids of northern rhinos and the more abundant southern white rhino, in order to preserve at least some northern white rhino genes in living individuals, have failed.