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

Inbreeding is where cousins and other close relatives have children together. Most cultures have strong taboos against it, primarily because of the increased risk of birth defects. Here’s why ...

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, ...

Biologists and conservation scientists have long been operating under the assumption that inbreeding should be avoided at all costs, but a new survey suggests inbreeding isn't all that bad.

But according to research published by a team from the University of California, Davis, and Wisdom Health Genetics in Finland, purebred dogs have, on average, a “coefficient of inbreeding” of ...

The genetic basis of inbreeding depression and of the related phenomenon, heterosis, has been a puzzle for many decades. Based on recent studies in many species, the authors argue that both ...

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 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.

The inbreeding also led to facial deformities such as a large lower jaw and chin called the “Habsburg jaw,” and humped “Habsburg nose.”) ...