Genetic study finds severe inbreeding in mountain gorillas

Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most extensive genetic analysis of mountain gorillas ever conducted has found the critically endangered apes burdened with severe inbreeding and at risk of extinction but the researchers still see reasons for optimism about their survival.

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