SuppiluliumaX
SuppiluliumaX t1_iu3e6en wrote
Reply to Is it possible that only 4 moose imported to Newfoundland in 1904 could produce a viable modern population of 110,000 today? by SlipCritical9595
Possible, yes, likely, no. It would be technically possible to get a viable population out of four, especially since the four could be entirely unrelated and very genetically diverse. However, it's likely that they were not as genetically diverse as possible and that there would be a risk of inbreeding. In order to assess this you ideally would analyse the genome of a sample of, say 1000 moose in order to get an idea of the diversity in the group.
SuppiluliumaX t1_iu69r5x wrote
Reply to Some female inventors and their contributions to science and space exploration. My niece is interested in space and told me that only boys can be scientists. Don't know where she got that idea, but I made this for her. by Shruberytheshrublock
Nice work! You could put in Katherine Johnson too, who contributed massively to the Apollo space program by calculating trajectories for moon voyages