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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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The small number of members in a population of tigers do not allow laroe nmnber of variation to occur which are essential to survival of the species. A deadly disease or calamity may cause death of all the tigers. The small number of tigers also indicates that existing -tiger variants are not will adapted to the existing environment and may soon become extinct soon
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