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Definitions of inbreeding in various dictionaries:
noun - the act of mating closely related individuals
The breeding of related individuals within an isolated or a closed group of organisms or people.
The continued breeding of closely related individuals so as to preserve desirable traits in a stock.
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| breed from closely related people or animals, especially over many generations. |
| the act of mating closely related individuals |
| a situation in which plants, animals, or people are produced by breeding between closely related plants, animals, or people: |
| The breeding of related individuals within an isolated or a closed group of organisms or people. |
| The continued breeding of closely related individuals so as to preserve desirable traits in a stock. |
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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. * Inbreeding results in homozygosity, which can increase the chances of offspring being affected by recessive or deleterious traits. This usually leads to at least temporarily decreased biological fitness of a population (called inbreeding depression), which is its ability to survive and reproduce. An individual who inherits such deleterious traits is colloquially referred to as inbred. The avoidance of expression of such deleterious recessive alleles caused by inbreeding, via inbreeding avoidance mechanisms, is the main selective reason for outcrossing. Crossbreeding between populations also often has po |