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The usual measure for inbreeding is the inbreeding coefficient (F). It is a measure of the probability that two alleles at a given locus are identical by descent, or in other words, homozygous.

New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest's endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.

Inbreeding has also afflicted other populations of isolated or endangered animals, such as mountain lions in California, gorillas in Africa and bottle nose dolphins off western Australia.

New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest’s endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.

Digital inbreeding harkens back to the idea of "model collapse," where systems grow increasingly incoherent due to an influx of AI-generated content.

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New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest's endangered population of killer whales—like the Miami Seaquarium's Lolita— has failed to recover despite ...

New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest’s endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.