The genetic impact of an Ebola outbreak on a wild gorilla population
Background: Quite a few Ebola virus outbreaks have occurred in Equatorial Africa over the previous a long time. Apart from human fatalities, gorillas and chimpanzees have additionally succumbed to the deadly virus. The 2004 outbreak on the Odzala-Kokoua Nationwide Park (Republic of Congo) alone brought on a extreme decline within the resident western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) inhabitants, with a 95% mortality price. Right here,...