Reserve 1 contains decently sized subpopulations that are connected through smaller columns. The subpopulations are rectangular and stacked on top of each other. The columns that connect each subpopulation allow the ferrets to interact between each section. When making this reserve, I wanted to combine the advantages of subpopulations and large reserve size. The subpopulations allow lost alleles to decrease the negative effects on the total population. The large subpopulation size and the columns connecting the subpopulations allow for more interactions between ferrets, resulting in more heterozygosity. The more heterozygosity in the population, the risk of genetic drift and lost alleles is decreased.
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