Excess of genomic defects in a woolly mammoth on Wrangel island

[Reptilia]

http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006601

[Derek.McManus]

This report was featured in the weekend newspapers too! The main thrust seems to be that a dwindling population sequestered on an island habitat had a very detrimental effect on the population with inbreeding being blamed for a loss of diversity.

[GasmaskMax]

And that, children, is why there are no mammoths. P.S im kidding, not calling whoever reads this a child.

[CityRaptor]

I think I've heard that before somewhere.