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UCLA study finds inbreeding effects that could drive local extinction of Southern California mountain lions

January 6, 2022

Audra Huffmeyer, a postdoctoral researcher working with ecology and evolutionary biology professor, Robert Wayne, has recently published research that documents the first reproductive signs of inbreeding in Southern California male mountain lions, signaling that local populations are headed towards extinction, unless urgent efforts are made to increase genetic diversity.

Read the full UCLA Newsroom story, here.

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