Inbreeding of dogs can lead to blindness, deafness, and genetic diseases. Learn how it impacts generations of dogs and what ...

A new study published in the American Journal of Human Biology has uncovered a significant relationship between family ...

The family in question is often considered America’s most renowned inbred clan, and Laita’s films about them have garnered millions of views. In a more recent incident, a family suspected of being ...

Conservation strategies are turning back the doomsday clock in threatened Florida-Scrub Jays—but not without caveats, a new ...

An international team of marine biologists have published research in Molecular Ecology that shows the benefits of gene flow ...

A study published last month (February 24) in Current Biology finds that death, dispersals, and an unknown innate strategy help wild baboons avoid inbreeding. But the animals do sometimes mate with ...

A study that analysed genes of South Indian populations suggests a high inbreeding rate of nearly 60 per cent.

Blood status plays a significant role in the Harry Potter universe and here, we discuss whether Harry Potter is a pure blood.

Wagyu cattle have seen an upsurge in popularity within the United States in recent years, as consumers seek improved meat quality and intramuscular fat, also known as marbling. The small effective ...

Hyderabad: Endogamy, the practice of marrying within the community, was identified as a primary cause of population-specific ...

One of Britain's foremost experts on child health has defended the right for first cousins to marry and dismissed concerns about inbreeding. Professor Dominic Wilkinson, an NHS neonatologist and ...