{"id":52785,"date":"2020-11-26T22:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T22:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/la-consanguinite-un-probleme-pour-les-baleines-en-voie-de-disparition\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T20:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:46:02","slug":"is-inbreeding-a-problem-for-endangered-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/is-inbreeding-a-problem-for-endangered-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Is inbreeding a problem for endangered whales?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are believed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/just-356-north-atlantic-right-whales-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">around 360 North Atlantic right whales<\/a> left in the world, and probably fewer than a <a href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/vaquitas-a-une-douzaine-de-la-disparition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dozen vaquita<\/a>, all of which reside in the Gulf of Mexico. The St. Lawrence beluga, on the other hand, represents an isolated population estimated to number approximately 1,000 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>These extremely low figures beg the question of the risks of inbreeding in cetaceans, and to what extent such a threat affects small populations like that of the St. Lawrence beluga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are believed to be around 360 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, and probably fewer than a dozen vaquita, all of which reside in the Gulf of Mexico. The St. Lawrence beluga, on the other hand, represents an isolated population estimated to number approximately 1,000 individuals. 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