Biology

Naomi Deleon

22 September, 14:13

Hunting reduced the population of northern elephant seals to as few as 20 individuals at the end of the 19th century. their population has since rebounded to over 50,000, but they have much less genetic variation than a population of southern elephant seals that was not so intensely hunted. how is the lack of genetic variation related to the hunting episodes of the 1800's?