Saber-toothed cats became inbred–and struggled to move–before they went extinct

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• Animats an hour ago

  Another predator that went through a genetic choke point. Cheetahs did, too.[1] Cheetahs survived, but they are so similar genetically that they get the same illnesses, and skin grafts between unrelated cheetahs are not rejected.

  [1] https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/108/6/671/3836924