Polar bear populations were found to have up to a 10% loss in genetic diversity over a 20-year period as a result of inbreeding due to habitat fragmentation, a recent study published in Royal ...

Sex with your sibling or other close relations, if you are a dog, is called inbreeding, and inbreeding is part of the practice of pure-breeding dogs. Breeders are not typically mating siblings ...

According to one study, inbreeding is the culprit behind this peculiar trait. Scientists pored over historical portraits to dissect the distinct facial characteristics of the Habsburg royals, ...

Inbreeding depression is the reduced survival and fertility of offspring of related individuals. Large effects are documented in wild animal and plant populations, as well as in humans.

"Digital inbreeding”, on the other hand, raises concerns about the potential impoverishment of AI algorithms and the ...

letter denoting their history of inbreeding. Two Fugates even approached Madison Cawein, a hematologist at the University of Kentucky’s medical clinic at the time, to try and remedy their condition.

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The Hapsburgs are one of those royal families who are relatively well known, and in the minds of the public are to a great extent the emblems of the downsides of inbreeding. In the painting above is ...

Inbreeding among an endangered population of orcas off the coasts of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon is a cause for concern. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The population is not necessarily doomed, she said. “It’s not often inbreeding itself that will result in a shortened lifespan or kill an individual,” Parsons said. “It’s really that ...