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Re:Playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species by reanimus on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:10PM (#22030361)
I do wonder how genetic variation is maintained when you have common lineage like this.
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Re:Playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species by cratering on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:25PM (#22031354)
It isn't maintained, see "population bottleneck" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck#Other_an...
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