By Ruth Kamnitzer Populations of the black-footed cat, a little-known feline in Southern Africa, have been declining for the last half a million years and exhibit very high degrees of inbreeding.

A study of South Indian populations reveals a nearly 60% inbreeding rate due to endogamy, linked to increased genetic disorder risks. Researchers found a high prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis ...

The highest levels of inbreeding in major populations have been found in urban Pondicherry (South India) and among army families in Pakistan where 54.9% and 77.1% of marriages are consanguineous, ...

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He added, "inbreeding is definitively a problem for this population." In general, killer whales begin reproducing when they're 10 years old, hitting their reproductive prime in their early 20s.

The tiny black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) is one of Africa’s rarest cats, only found in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, with a total population size of fewer than 10,000 individuals.

Genetic study finds high inbreeding rates in South Indian communities. The authors also identified variants responsible for diseases and drug responses unique to a specific population.