A recent study published in PNAS analyzed when German Shepherds accumulated their “mutational load” of bad genes. Was it from ...

Populations of Michigan's only rattlesnake, the eastern massasauga, are showing the negative effects of inbreeding in ...

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 ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Michigan is home to a single species of venomous snake, and the isolated pockets of its populations are making it more likely it will go extinct. Researchers at Michigan State ...

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 ...

Black footed cats are already a threatened species, and habitat fragmentation is now causing increased rates of interbreeding, placing them at higher risk of disease. When you purchase through links ...

A study being called the most comprehensive genetic analysis of North American Thoroughbreds found no genetic ties related to health concerns or durability and detected a slight rise in inbreeding ...

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Inbreeding refers to genomic corruption ...