Poodle crossbreeds like labradoodles and cockapoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, and it's not hard to see why. The intelligence and lovely fluffy coat of a poodle matched with the ...

A study being called the most comprehensive genetic analysis of North American Thoroughbreds found no genetic ties related to health concerns or durability and detected a slight rise in inbreeding ...

In science, we usually share our successes and ignore the less glamorous mishaps. We decided to follow a different approach. This is the story of how multiple generations of scientists collaborated to ...

Inbreeding depression is defined as reduced fitness or performance arising from increasing homozygosity of progenies due to successive inbreeding, whereas heterosis refers to the superiority of a ...

We all understand the concept of inbreeding in human terms – where people who are too genetically similar reproduce, resulting in offspring with deformities. With each inbred generation, the gene pool ...

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The small size and isolation of the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have led to high levels of inbreeding. This inbreeding has contributed to their ...

This article was originally published on Sept. 3, 2019. Inbreeding, or mating between two closely-related people, is a strong taboo across the world. There’s good reason for this, of course. The ...

The degree of distortion in facial features is on the rise in certain endangered gorilla species, possibly due to inbreeding. Facial asymmetry in primates – including humans – is marked by a sort of ...

Last week a court in Norway banned the breeding of two beloved dog breeds: the tough-looking-but-sweet English bulldog, and the regally fluffy Cavalier King Charles spaniels. In its ruling, the Oslo ...