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Genetic Diversity and Disease Resistance

This posting from the CABI blog underscores the importance of genetic diversity in resistance to disease and other injurious factors.

The population of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) has been severely reduced by the spread of a facial cancer against which it has no immune defense...

Posted by on 11 October 2007 in Biodiversity |

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