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- 1Ancient trees may not hold extra genetic diversity, study finds▼Ancient trees are not genetic treasure chests, swamp cypress study suggests
New research on swamp cypress suggests that very old trees do not act as 'genetic treasure chests' preserving unique diversity lost from younger generations. The study challenges a common conservation assumption that protecting ancient individual trees safeguards irreplaceable gene pools. Findings imply conservation strategies may need to focus less on old specimens and more on overall population genetics.