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 ...
Beluga whales avoid inbreeding by switching partners over time, helping a small, isolated population stay genetically healthy ...
A red fox rests near Lassen Peak in this 2022 trail camera photo. Inbreeding is impacting Lassen's red foxes, which were abundant in the region before the 1900s, found a UC Davis study. (California ...
Journal of Ecology, Vol. 107, No. 2, Special Feature: Ecological Succession in a Changing World (March 2019), pp. 923-936 (14 pages) 1. Inbreeding and herbivory can interactively reduce the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most extensive genetic analysis of mountain gorillas ever conducted has found the critically endangered apes burdened with severe inbreeding and at risk of extinction but ...
Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth up to 42,000 years ago. Now a new study in the ...
Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common ...