Purebred dogs might look flawless on the outside, but their beauty often hides a disturbing genetic truth. For generations, breeders have prioritized traits like coat color and snub noses over genetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to love, a group of giraffes is keeping it in the family. It may be killing them. Biologists discovered alarmingly ...

There are few topics in the world of pedigree theory—and for that matter in the Thoroughbred community as a whole—that are more emotive than the subject of inbreeding. On one hand, inbreeding, and ...

Inbreeding and the health and reproductive issues that come with are causing leopards to be more vulnerable to extinction the study found Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

At TrueNicks we are continually trying to improve the data in our reports in order to help you make a more informed and intelligent decision in your breeding and selection efforts. In that regard, in ...

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Inbreeding is commonly associated with reductions in fitness 1,2,3,4,5,6, yet reported effects vary. Several studies of birds, for example, have shown strong inbreeding depression on hatching success ...