Why Are Tuskless Elephants Killed. A team led by princeton university researchers has now implicated two genes associated with tooth development in mammals to be at the center of the tuskless elephant phenomenon, according to a study published oct. After poachers tore through a mozambican elephant population, tuskless females tripled in number as humans altered. Most female african elephants have tusks, but recently there has been a rise in tuskless elephants. A new study has found. The team figured out that the trait of tusklessness is likely caused by a gene version on the x chromosome that is lethal in males. But when elephants are hunted for their tusks, this beneficial trait becomes a death sentence. 21 in the journal science. The results suggest that by killing elephants for their tusks, poachers selected for mutated versions of amelx and mep1a, which. During the mozambican civil war from 1977 to 1992, humans killed so many elephants for their lucrative ivory that the animals seem to have evolved in the space of a.
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The results suggest that by killing elephants for their tusks, poachers selected for mutated versions of amelx and mep1a, which. Most female african elephants have tusks, but recently there has been a rise in tuskless elephants. During the mozambican civil war from 1977 to 1992, humans killed so many elephants for their lucrative ivory that the animals seem to have evolved in the space of a. After poachers tore through a mozambican elephant population, tuskless females tripled in number as humans altered. A new study has found. A team led by princeton university researchers has now implicated two genes associated with tooth development in mammals to be at the center of the tuskless elephant phenomenon, according to a study published oct. The team figured out that the trait of tusklessness is likely caused by a gene version on the x chromosome that is lethal in males. But when elephants are hunted for their tusks, this beneficial trait becomes a death sentence. 21 in the journal science.
Poaching has caused 'rapid evolution' of tuskless elephants, new study
Why Are Tuskless Elephants Killed A team led by princeton university researchers has now implicated two genes associated with tooth development in mammals to be at the center of the tuskless elephant phenomenon, according to a study published oct. A new study has found. Most female african elephants have tusks, but recently there has been a rise in tuskless elephants. After poachers tore through a mozambican elephant population, tuskless females tripled in number as humans altered. 21 in the journal science. But when elephants are hunted for their tusks, this beneficial trait becomes a death sentence. During the mozambican civil war from 1977 to 1992, humans killed so many elephants for their lucrative ivory that the animals seem to have evolved in the space of a. The team figured out that the trait of tusklessness is likely caused by a gene version on the x chromosome that is lethal in males. A team led by princeton university researchers has now implicated two genes associated with tooth development in mammals to be at the center of the tuskless elephant phenomenon, according to a study published oct. The results suggest that by killing elephants for their tusks, poachers selected for mutated versions of amelx and mep1a, which.
