Approximately 10,000 yrs ago Cheetahs went through a severe bottleneck event and some populations had symptoms of inbreeding depression. They are now listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN red list and face many threats throughout their range #CEEC24

Jessica’s work investigates the impacts of deleterious mutations in wild and captive Cheetah populations. She has identified a number of genes with previously unreported stop codons, including some associated with male fertility. #CEEC24