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robert wayne in ucla newsroom: sea otters have low genetic diversity like endangered species, biologists report
Courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium

Robert Wayne in the Smithsonian:

Researchers from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute along with UCLA’s Robert Wayne and additional partners are studying both sea otters and comparing them to a freshwater otter species, the South American giant otter, to better understand what happens at the genetic level when a terrestrial species evolves rapidly from land to freshwater to sea life.