inbreeding
Also known as in-and-in
thumb|right|The passage of homozygous alleles through an inbred pedigree
Research
26,065 papers- Sex-specific inbreeding depression: A meta-analysis.Ecology letters · 2022
- Inbreeding depression in polyploid species: a meta-analysis.Biology letters · 2022
- Why don't all animals avoid inbreeding?Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021
- Epigenetic Changes Occurring in Plant Inbreeding.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
- Inbreeding and Outbreeding Depression in Wild and Captive Insect Populations.Annual review of entomology · 2025
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Genetic disorders
- Examples
- Measures
- Animals
- Wild animals
- Domestic animals
- Linebreeding
- Outcrossing
- Laboratory animals
- Humans
- Effects
- Prevalence
- Royalty and nobility
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|The passage of homozygous alleles through an inbred pedigree
Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically. By analogy, the term is used in human reproduction, but more commonly refers to the genetic disorders and other consequences that may arise from expression of deleterious recessive traits resulting from incestuous sexual relationships and consanguinity.