Inbreeding is typically detrimental to individual fitness, with negative effects being often exaggerated in stressful environments. However, the causal mechanisms underlying inbreeding depression ...

ETH Zurich researchers have been able to show which genes inhibit self-fertilisation in grasses. Plant scientists can now use this mechanism in a more targeted way to breed new varieties of forage ...

Nevertheless, regular inbreeding without diploid male production is known from several solitary wasps, suggesting that in these species sex is not determined by sl-CSD but alternative mechanisms.

Some of the last mammoths on Earth suffered from mutated genes that reduced fertility, caused diabetes, affected their development and even kept them from being able to smell flowers, according to ...

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

Some of the last mammoths on Earth suffered from mutated genes that reduced fertility, caused diabetes, affected their development and even kept them from being able to smell flowers, according to ...

The tabling of a private member’s bill in the UK parliament that would make cousin marriage illegal has raised the issue in public discourse. Richard Holden, the MP who introduced the bill, said that ...

A new study published in the American Journal of Human Biology has uncovered a significant relationship between family ...

Inbreeding may be to blame for abnormalities among early humans The odds of discovering such a large number of abnormalities among such a small sample size are extremely small, which suggests the ...

Inbreeding emerges as critical problem for endangered orcas, researchers say Female killer whales take about 20 years to reach peak fertility, and the females may not be living long enough to ...

Digital inbreeding harkens back to the idea of "model collapse," where systems grow increasingly incoherent due to an influx of AI-generated content.