(Posted 20th April 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Andrea, LNG in Northern BC (Canada), April 19, 2026 |
| A new study has detected a high degree of inbreeding, low genetic variation and an accumulation of harmful mutations in African elephants, making them more vulnerable to environmental changes and diseases. In the study published in Nature Communications, researchers analysed 232 genomes of savannah and forest elephants. Through this study, genetic signs of isolation in several populations where herds of elephants became isolated due to hunting, as well as the growth of human populations and their needs for agriculture and infrastructure development. |
| Read more (3 min) (Malay Mail) (Eurasia Review) |
