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Genetic bottlenecks and inbreeding depression is a significant threat to species and isolated populations around the world. Sometimes conservationists use genetic rescue to minimise these threats, but should they use inbred or outbred rescuers? #CEEC24

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Using Red Flour Beetles, George uses an experimental design to test which rescuing population is better, assessing population fitness over 10 generations. #CEEC24

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