Human activity has affected elephants so much that a change in their genome has now become apparent, but being born tuskless is proving to be fatal for males, writes Elizabeth Preston
deep-enough wound will leave a scar, but a traumatic event in the history of an animal population may leave a mark on the genome itself. During the Mozambican Civil War , humans killed so many elephants for their lucrative ivory that the animals seem to have evolved in the space of a generation. The result: A large number are now naturally tuskless.has revealed the tooth-building genes that are likely involved, and that for male elephants, the mutation is lethal.
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