Diversity in Cheetahs

Diversity in Cheetahs

Cheetahs were at one point very close to extinction. Currently their genetic diversity has become too low for their immune system to recognize a "nonself." Skin grafts exchanged between unrelated cheetahs are accepted as if they were clones or identical twins.

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