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		Playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species (cnn.com)
		24 points by Tomte on Jan 12, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

killjoywashere on Jan 12, 2020 | [–]

Great example of founder effect in action. This population will be studies for as long as humans keep the thread history intact.

reanimus on Jan 12, 2020 | [–]

I do wonder how genetic variation is maintained when you have common lineage like this.

cratering on Jan 13, 2020 | [–]

It isn't maintained, see "population bottleneck" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck#Other_an...

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