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Inbreeding has destroyed the English bulldog’s genetic diversity
Decades of extreme selection and inbreeding mean there is little genetic variation left to save the English bulldog from its many severe health problems
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Decades of extreme selection and inbreeding mean there is little genetic variation left to save the English bulldog from its many severe health problems
Some argue we should focus conservation where it’s more likely to be a success, but saving extremely rare species will become a more common problem in the future