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Genetic rescue reduces harmful mutations in Florida panthers without erasing local ancestry

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-genetic-mutations-florida-panthers-erasing.html

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  • gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Panthers are native to north America? News to me.

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    • Wangus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s a cougar, mountain lion, or a catamount. It’s not a member of the genus panthera. It’s not even really a subspecies of cougar, it’s just a name has more to do with people than the genetics of the animal.

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    • Ryktes@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yup. They’re the state animal and there’s a hockey team named after them. Though technically, “panther” is actually just a generic term for big cats in the family pantera. These guys are actually a type of puma.

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