Question

Forest rangers are genetically testing the deer in the forest after many were found dead. The tests determined that due to inbreeding, most deer have a genetic disease which decreases life expectancy. Based on genetic and mortality data, the rangers predict that the population of deer will be gone in 3 years. What initial concerns do the rangers most likely have?

Answer 1

how to eliminate the recessive lethal alleles from the wild population

Step-by-step explanation:

Inbreeding depression can be defined as reduced fitness of the population due to inbreeding (i.e., by breeding of genetically related organisms). Inbreeding depression is generally related to the genetic population bottleneck. In a genetic bottleneck, recessive alleles are exposed under inbreeding conditions, thereby producing interbreeding depression. In this case, inbreeding depression is extreme, and it could lead to the extinction of the wild population due to the expression of lethal recessive alleles.