Soldato
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Perhaps a bit heavy for this number of beers and this time of night, but here goes.
I had a bit of a discussion at work after lunch that eneded up with me telling my manager to go back to work. The question we where getting too tetchy about was....
Given a restricted gene pool, will the extra genetic mutaions that will inevitably occur lead to that restricted populations survival - through the dynamics of natural selection and selective mutation, or the populations demisal - through the mechanism of Inbreeding Depression.
My point was that the restricted gene pool would not have suffiecient genetic diversity to survive in the long term...
Your thoughts and comments are welcomed.
I had a bit of a discussion at work after lunch that eneded up with me telling my manager to go back to work. The question we where getting too tetchy about was....
Given a restricted gene pool, will the extra genetic mutaions that will inevitably occur lead to that restricted populations survival - through the dynamics of natural selection and selective mutation, or the populations demisal - through the mechanism of Inbreeding Depression.
My point was that the restricted gene pool would not have suffiecient genetic diversity to survive in the long term...
Your thoughts and comments are welcomed.