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    Cheetahs have very low genetic diversity due to a population bottleneck that occurred around 10,000 years ago when climate change caused all cheetah species except Acinonyx jubatus to go extinct. This genetic inbreeding makes cheetahs vulnerable to extinction from a lack of ability to adapt to environmental changes. Zoos are working to increase cheetah genetic diversity and prevent their extinction by carefully mating cheetahs in captivity.

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    Cheetahs have very low genetic diversity due to a population bottleneck that occurred around 10,000 years ago when climate change caused all cheetah species except Acinonyx jubatus to go extinct. This genetic inbreeding makes cheetahs vulnerable to extinction from a lack of ability to adapt to environmental changes. Zoos are working to increase cheetah genetic diversity and prevent their extinction by carefully mating cheetahs in captivity.

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    Genetic Biodivercity Cheetah

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    Cheetahs have very low genetic diversity due to a population bottleneck that occurred around 10,000 years ago when climate change caused all cheetah species except Acinonyx jubatus to go extinct. This genetic inbreeding makes cheetahs vulnerable to extinction from a lack of ability to adapt to environmental changes. Zoos are working to increase cheetah genetic diversity and prevent their extinction by carefully mating cheetahs in captivity.

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    Cheetah

    Genetic Biodiversity

    Tommy Morteboy Biology

    Genetic Biodivercity

    Genetics of cheetah
    Acinonyx Jubatus, Acinonyx means what genes they come from and Jubatus means what species they belong in

    About 10000 years ago all species of Genus Acinonyx became extict beacause of climate change Except Jubatus the only left in the Acinonyx Jubatus which became geneticaly inbreed in other words they were closely related Cheetahs are on the population bottleneck which means a low divesity in genes this means they have to bread with family or close relatives

    20000 years ago they lived spread around the world in places like North America, Africa, Europe and Asia

    Genetic inbreed makes them suffer from a lack of biodiversity genetics, this means they are not able to survive climate change, and this causes extinction

    To be able to prevent this animals eztinction Zoo"s are taking care of the in captivity and they make them mate so their biodiversty of genes grow as well as their whole Genus.

    This will prevent the animals extinction of the Genus and be able to save an animal that is known all around the world and make the world a better place to live in

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