Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes are found in the wetlands of Michigan and other Midwestern states. “These are fairly large and stable populations of Eastern Massasaugas,” study co-author and Michigan ...
This study was reported by Qifa Zhang and Yidan Ouyang’ group from the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. Inbreeding depression is ...
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Centuries of inbreeding may have helped rare pigeons pull back from brink of extinction
For many endangered species, population decline to the brink of extinction leads to inbreeding, exposing a species to deleterious recessive mutations that severely limit its potential to recover. But ...
Premise of the study: Invasive species are nonnative species that enter novel environments, establish sustained populations, and can negatively impact native species. Here we assess a potential ...
Michigan’s only species of venomous snake is in trouble. Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) are becoming more isolated because of habitat fragmentation in the state, which is ...
Habitat loss is putting the timid wetland reptiles in a genetic bind. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 18, 2025 3:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
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