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There's a really significant point in here which is that species that go through what is known as a bottleneck, a genetic bottleneck end up with enormously reduced levels of genetic diversity. Well, and that's what we're seeing with a black footed ferret now. They've managed to build up a population approaching a thousand. But they're beginning to see in the captive members that sperm motility is being reduced. And they think this is because of the end breeding because they are descended from seven found members. Is this also where if you have a population of creatures that are all very genetically similar, then they're very susceptible to attack from parasites or sort of external forces? I'm thinking here
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