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The extent of inbreeding in purebred dogs and how this reduces their genetic variation is revealed in a new study by Imperial College London researchers. Inbreeding puts dogs at risk of birth defects ...

Some people consider inbreeding a bad word, and believe that many of the racehorse’s weaknesses, such as unsoundness and bleeding, are because there’s too much inbreeding going on. In fact, the ...

We used a stochastic, individual-based simulation program (Kardos et al., 2014) for R version 3.0.1 (R Core Team, 2013). We simulated a sexually reproducing, random mating, non-selfing species with ...

Purebred dogs might look flawless on the outside, but their beauty often hides a disturbing genetic truth. For generations, ...

Researchers have for the first time determined the full genetic consequences of intense inbreeding in a threatened species. Researchers from Uppsala University and others have for the first time ...