Inbreeding Should Have Slowed Down These Pesky Brown Tree Snakes. Well…

io9 reports on a genome study of invasive brown tree snakes that found an unusual result: despite high levels of inbreeding, the snakes' genes managed to thrive. The discovery points to genetic resilience in a species that has become a major invasive problem.

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