Founding An Inbreeding-Free Space Colony

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Thanks to 23AndMe for supporting SciShow. These kits make great gifts, so check out 23AndMe.com/SciShow How much genetic diversity would we need to found a colony on another planet? Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: KSam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, Inerri, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.newscientist.com/article/dn1936-magic-number-for-space-pioneers-calculated/ www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a10369/how-many-people-does-it-take-to-colonize-another-star-system-16654747/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576513004669 geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/07/05/mars-colonists-need-bring-earth-large-gene-pool/ www.salon.com/2015/04/12/there_will_be_sex_in_space_mars_science_and_the_dictates_of_biology_and_human_culture/ www.britannica.com/science/minimum-viable-population www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v308/n1/full/scientificamerican0113-38.html bio.classes.ucsc.edu/bio107/Class%20pdfs/W05_lecture8.pdf news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0220_0220_wirelifeinspace_2.html www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1276087/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752555/ www.genome.gov/27561444/iceland-study-provides-insights-into-disease-paves-way-for-largescale-genomic-studies/ www.researchgate.net/publication/19535182_Observing_the_founder_effect_in_human_evolution www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/06/3/l_063_03.html investigativegenetics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13323-015-0028-9 www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/90545 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987173/ www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v100/n4/full/6801083a.html onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00046.x/abstract nctc.fws.gov/courses/csp/csp3157/content/resources/pop_viability.pdf arxiv.org/pdf/1708.08649.pdf www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/how-icelands-genealogy-obsession-leads-to-scientific-breakthroughs/381097/ www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/04/18/new-app-helps-icelanders-avoid-accidental-incest/2093649/ Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Founder_effect_Illustration.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amish_farm_morristown_new_york.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg

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