They would have been fine if they had removed the deleterious genes.
You can be fine if your starting gene population doesn't lead to cascading abnormalities or a high level of disease susceptibility.
If those moose are that genetically close, and they lack sufficient diversity to handle a new disease (or environmental) threat, then you are looking at population collapse. Without that challenge, the population looks fine.
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They would have been fine if they had removed the deleterious genes.
You can be fine if your starting gene population doesn't lead to cascading abnormalities or a high level of disease susceptibility.
If those moose are that genetically close, and they lack sufficient diversity to handle a new disease (or environmental) threat, then you are looking at population collapse. Without that challenge, the population looks fine.