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most inbred

adjective as in produced by inbreeding

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Not only that, but the pupfish are believed to be one of the most inbred of all species, a lack of genetic variation that makes it difficult for the creatures to procreate and thrive.

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.

The world’s rarest, most inbred fish clings to existence in the smallest geographic range of any vertebrate: the shallow end of an oxygen-deprived pool 10 feet wide, 70 feet long and more than 500 feet deep.

I’m certainly not claiming that Islam, in its craziest, most inbred and most “radical” forms — there’s your mantra, Republicans!

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Shooting the most inbred wolves, the government pointed out, would at a stroke decrease the inbreeding coefficient of the population.

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