Question

What aee the small nimbers of surviving tigers a cause of worrt frim the point of viee of genetics?

Answer 1

A small number of surviving tiger are a cause of worry from the point of geneticsbecause these tigers carry the genes which have made them adapt to the particular environment during the long process of evolution.

Answer 2

What are the small number of surviving tigers and lions of worry from the point of genetics?

Small populations are at risk of extinction because:

1. Lesser opportunity of finding the mate.
2. Interbreeding that leads to interbreeding depression & degeneration.
3. Increased threat to Survival because of habitat destruction & environmental changes.
4. Fewer recombinations & less variability & hence lesser adaptability to changing environment