In article <4iba15$7ku at mserv1.dl.ac.uk>, Louis van de Zande <L.P.W.G.M.van.de.Zande at biol.RUG.NL> writes:
>By the way, some beavers in sweden are doing very well, despite of
>very low levels of genetic variation (Ellegren et al. PNAS 90, 8150-
>8153, 1993).
>>L. van de Zande
>Dept Genetics
>Univ. Groningen
>Netherlands
>There are also many extreme cases of narrow bottle necks for domesticated animals.
All the gold hamsters descend from one couple.
Rolf Engstrand PHONE: +46 8 7195779
CadLab (ÄL/EKA/N/SD) FAX: +46 8 7195319
Ericsson Components AB E-MAIL: Rolf.Engstrand at eua.ericsson.se
S-125 82 STOCKHOLM MEMO: EKA.EKARGE
Sweden Location: Götalandsvägen 230