Inbreeding depression, the decline in fitness of inbred individuals compared to outbred ones, is increasingly of interest to conservation biologists, as inbreeding effects can be important in wild ...

The effect of physiological stress on the magnitude of inbreeding depression in plants has been the subject of few studies and is currently controversial because of contradictory results. We ...

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 ...

Inbreeding depression refers to the reduced biological fitness in a population due to inbreeding. It manifests in various ways, including decreased fertility, lower birth rates, ...

Within the data set from the Spanish Hapsburgs the researchers find strong evidence for inbreeding depression, as defined by reduced fitness of the offspring from population mean fitness: From 1527 to ...

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 ...

Humans generally leave more descendants if they marry someone who is not too closely related. Inbreeding is connected to the liberal-conservative continuum.

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.

Endangered Masai giraffes in Kenya and Tanzania may be inbreeding themselves to extinction, new study says. Only 35,000 are left.

For 6,000 years following their isolation, for example, they suffered from inbreeding depression, which refers to increased mortality as a result of inbreeding and its resulting defects.