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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 ...
In the forests of Mauritius, an island east of Madagascar, pink pigeons can be found rustling through fallen leaves in search of food. As their name indicates, these ground-dwelling birds, endemic to ...
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