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Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

The Vice-Chancellor of the African School of Economics, Pan-African University of Excellence, Abuja, Prof Mahfouz Adedimeji, ...

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

Looking at inbreeding in the population of Holstein cattle was the focus of a recent webinar by Iowa State University dairy extension and outreach. John Cole from the Council of Dairy Cattle Breeding ...

News Emilia Randall GAU Writer 12:00, 09 May 2025 Updated 13:02, 09 May 2025 Charles II's infamous jaw may be the product of inbreeding (Image: (Image: Getty)) ...

The Habsburgs were a powerful Royal family who ruled the Spanish and Austrian empires. A new study has suggested that their distinctive "Habsburg jaw" was caused by inbreeding ...

Previous studies have raised concerns about inbreeding trends in Thoroughbreds. In a study published in 2011, the genotyping of 467 Thoroughbreds born between 1961-2006 showed an increase in the ...

Inbreeding can cause lots of issues. Portraits of Charles II of Spain, last monarch of the Habsburg house, show his deformed chin due to generations of inbreeding.

But according to research published by a team from the University of California, Davis, and Wisdom Health Genetics in Finland, purebred dogs have, on average, a “coefficient of inbreeding” of ...

Generative AI risks inbreeding where AI-generated content used for training future AIs leads to a decline in quality and diversity, akin to the effects of inbreeding.