inbred

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The study comes alongside recent research that found the southern resident females have less hunting success than their neighbors up north, and a shrinking, increasingly inbred population of southern residents could be plummeting toward extinction.

From Seattle Times

In a paper published Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution, researchers found that the southern residents were the most inbred among orcas studied, and it’s affecting their survival rates.

From Seattle Times

Because of a lack of genetic diversity, inbred dogs of any breed are often riddled with health issues, and typically have shorter lifespans compared to mutts.

From Salon

But there’s a caveat when it is used to tweak human genes: Unlike lab mice, which are usually inbred and genetically identical, people’s genomes differ individually and by ancestry.

From Science Magazine

Unlike dogs, which are sometimes cruelly inbred to select for traits, warty pumpkins are merely briefly-held autumn trifles — even when a lot of biological science underlies their appearance.

From Salon