Lecture 10: Deextinction Flashcards
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What are the advantages of deextinction?
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- can revive coevolved species - reviving recently extinct species - reviving species when harmful activities which removed them no not take place -reviving extinct alleles in populations where genetic diversity is low.
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What are the disadvantages of deextinction?
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- Reviving certain extinct species may threaten current ones - current environmental conditions may be unsuitable for certain extinct species - revived species may remain heaviliy conservation dependent.
