HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that due to a genetic bottle neck, 10% of the population of the pacific atoll of Pingelap has achromatopsia, i.e. only sees in black&whiteen.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareredbrick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agogenetic bottleneck …as in inbreeding?
minus-square200ok@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYes. The difference being that it was due to circumstances that devastated the population.
genetic bottleneck …as in inbreeding?
Yes. The difference being that it was due to circumstances that devastated the population.