猎豹的基因危机

世界上陆地上速度最快的动物正在为继续生存而赛跑。远古时期的人口瓶颈导致了基因的统一性,并使该物种极易受到生态变化的影响

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About Stephen J. O'Brien

Stephen J. O’Brien was chief of the National Cancer Institute’s Laboratory of Genomic Diversity until 2012 and is now chief scientific officer at the Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics at St. Petersburg State University in Russia. He has studied the genetics of cheetahs, giant pandas, pumas and whales and of human infection by HIV.

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大众科学 Magazine Vol 254 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Cheetah in Genetic Peril” in 大众科学 Magazine Vol. 254 No. 5 (), p. 84
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0586-84
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