The Consequences of Demographic Reduction and Genetic Depletion in the Endangered Florida Panther

Authors

• Melody E. Roelke, Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission
• Janice S. Martenson, National Cancer Institute at Frederick
• Stephen J. O'Brien, National Cancer Institute at FrederickFollow

ORCID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Current Biology

ISSN

0960-9822

Publication Date

6-1-1993

Abstract

The Florida panther has recently suffered severe range and demographic contraction, leaving a remarkably low level of genetic diversity. This exerts a severe fitness cost, manifested by spermatozoal defects, cryptorchidism, cardiac abnormalities and infectious diseases that threaten the survival of the subspecies.

Volume

3

Issue

6

First Page

340

Last Page

350

Comments

© 1993 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

NSUWorks Citation

Roelke, Melody E.; Janice S. Martenson; and Stephen J. O'Brien. 1993. "The Consequences of Demographic Reduction and Genetic Depletion in the Endangered Florida Panther." Current Biology 3, (6): 340-350. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/279