By Carol Beuchat PhD When we talk about the size of a population of animals, we usually refer to what is called the "census" size, which is the number of living animals. However, if we're worried about genetics, the only animals we really care about are the ones that can produce offspring. These breeding animals are literally the genetic vault that carries the gene pool of the population. We're going to get into a tiny bit of math here, but it's VERY simple. Please don't go into [...]
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