Inbreeding

It's possible that the first dog breeds were supplemented for a while with wild captures, to diversify their genomes. Another possibility is that inbreeding over a lengthy time will remove bad alleles from a population, leaving it genetically healthy in the long run. This has been confirmed several ...

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... alleles are recessive, covered up when paired with codes that still produce good working proteins, and random, but passing down a family line. Inbreeding can put together 2 bad recessives - that's why it's bad. A mutation that enhances protein function would probably not be recessive, since ...

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I'm bringing a question which arose on a different (non-science) forum. The question arose like this (paraphrasing): ------------------- A: Inbreeding is unethical because of the high chances of birth defects. Birth defects are caused by similar genes. If you keep a gene that may cause a birth ...

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I think you are missing Jackbean's point. Mutations arent always apparent, and only gets unmasked after multiple generations of inbreeding. Even with the good genes, inbreeding and variations you create will lead to defects along the way. Dog breeders, pet makers discard the the defect ...

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Yes, true. Bottleneck effect, associated genetic drift and inbreeding depression are all well theorised to reduce genetic variation, thus harming populations' ability to whithstand environmental changes. Increased riskof extinction results. But back in ...

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