The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull ...

Inbreeding depression (ID) is a driver of mating-system evolution and a major concern in the management of many endangered species (for example Goodwillie et al., 2005; Charlesworth, 2006; Ouborg et ...

Inbreeding depression is a major evolutionary and ecological force that influences population dynamics and the evolution of inbreeding-avoidance traits such as mating systems and dispersal. There is ...

The inheritance of identical haplotypes from a common ancestor creates long tracts of homozygous genotypes known as runs of homozygosity (ROH). ROH are ubiquitous across human populations, and they ...

This study was reported by Qifa Zhang and Yidan Ouyang’ group from the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China. Inbreeding depression is ...

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 ...