Inbreeding not to blame for Colorado's bighorn sheep population decline

Friday, July 24, 2015 - 15:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The health of Colorado's bighorn sheep population remains as precarious as the steep alpine terrain the animals inhabit, but a new study has found that inbreeding -- a common hypothesis for a recent decline -- likely isn't to blame.

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