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Historical DNA reveals largetooth sawfish have lost much of their genetic diversity

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The genetic diversity of the largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis), a critically endangered ray, has plummeted over the past century and a half, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

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