Gorillas in a list: Genetic map of critically endangered mountain gorilla published. Lets researchers study the population of the endangered species Will be possible to identify gorillas that have ...

(Their total world population is around 880 individuals.) The Gorilla Doctors, whose veterinarians treat wild mountain gorillas injured by snares, provided blood samples for the study in collaboration ...

Mountain Gorilla's Genetic Map Reveals Severe Inbreeding. ... revealed a substantial loss of genetic diversity from inbreeding caused by mating with close relatives due to small population size.

Mountain gorilla genomes reveal the impact of long-term population decline and inbreeding. Science , 2015; 348 (6231): 242 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa3952 Cite This Page : ...

The first project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservationists new insight into the impact of population decline on these critically endangered apes.

There are only about 880 mountain gorillas, living in mist-covered forests of the Virunga volcanic mountain range on the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda's ...

An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservationists new insight into the impact of population decline on these critically ...

This killing alone reduced the mountain gorilla population in the Virunga Mountains by 1.6 percent, including the loss of five females, considered by preservationists as especially valuable ...