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Why are the small numbers of surviving tigers a cause of worry from the point of view of genetics?

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Sometimes a species (a type of animal or plant ) may completely die out. It may become extinct. Once a species is extinct, its genes are lost for ever. It cannot re-emerge at all. The small numbers of surviving tigers are a cause of worry from the point of view of genetics because if they all die out become extinct, thieir genes will be lost for ever. Our coming generations will not be able to see tigers at all.
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