This study was reported by Qifa Zhang and Yidan Ouyang’ group from the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. Inbreeding depression ...

Human skull fossils (inset) found at the Xujiayao site in China (background) show signs of a genetic disorder that hints at inbreeding.Erik Trinkaus/WUSTL March 18, 2013, 9:58 PM UTC By Science By ...

Inbreeding also leads to a reduction of reproductive fitness. Neanderthals had 40% lower reproductive fitness than modern humans, according to previous research cited in the new study.

Inbreeding is not a slow and progressive process, Shapiro explained. Instead, once enough long runs of DNA with identical copies accumulate, the effects of inbreeding kick in suddenly, like ...

Inbreeding is not a slow and progressive process, Shapiro explains. Instead, once enough long runs of DNA with identical copies accumulate, the effects of inbreeding kick in suddenly, like turning ...

But inbreeding isn’t just a problem in the world of show dogs. It happens in backyard breeding, hoarding cases, and irresponsible pairings, where dogs are bred without any concern for their health..

Cell Press. "After 10,000 years of inbreeding, endangered flightless parrots from New Zealand are in surprisingly good genetic health." ScienceDaily.

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.

Inbreeding could mean the end for Southern California mountain lions, but there’s a way to save them Researchers said the results lend urgency to the need for wildlife crossings, structures that ...

But inbreeding isn’t just a problem in the world of show dogs. It happens in backyard breeding, hoarding cases, and irresponsible pairings, where dogs are bred without any concern for their health..