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Extreme in Every Way: Exceedingly Low Genetic Diversity in Snow Leopards Due to Persistently Small Population Size
K. A. Solari, S. A. Morgan, A. D. Poyarkov…·D. Petrov
This study uses whole-genome sequencing of 41 snow leopards to show they have the lowest genetic diversity of any big cat species due to long-term small population size, not recent inbreeding.
DOI 10.1101/2023.12.14.571340