Many of their offspring suffered from severe physical and mental impairments due to the inbreeding. The family's notorious status has recently been amplified by a scandal involving their patriarch, ...

Teacup dogs are not recognized or endorsed by the American Kennel Club, so there are no standards for any teacup breed. But ...

The only way to produce a tiger or lion with a white coat is through inbreeding brother to sister or father to daughter; generation after generation after generation. the kind of severe inbreeding ...

Isolated from other monkeys she was rarely touched, nurtured or socialized. In addition, Annie was the product of severe inbreeding through a program the breeder designed with hopes of creating a ...

Inbreeding--a tactic breeders routinely use to pass down certain ... This deformity can cause excruciatingly painful disc disease or other debilitating back problems that can lead to severe spinal ...

An animal rescue in North Huntingdon is asking for any support that can be provided after, at least, 35 cats have been ...

Inbreeding may have caused the deformity and ... he had contracted the most severe form of the disease multiple times. Did malaria kill the king? Perhaps. The disease can trigger a fatal immune ...

Inbreeding may increase the risk of amyloidosis ... Over the next century, such droughts are likely to become more frequent and severe, according to climate change projections.

Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen and Leipzig Zoo shows the remarkable adaptability of the critically ...

To our surprise, we found no signs of health problems related to inbreeding,’ Joseph Hoffman says. ‘We believe the severe population decline may have eliminated many harmful mutations.’ ...

Without mutation, no species would survive the severe, unpredictable stresses ... Diversity produces better fitness for survival. Inbreeding produces an opposite effect of biodiversity.

A new study shows the remarkable adaptability of the critically endangered Cat Ba langurs. Despite low genetic diversity, the langurs have retained key genetic traits that help them survive in their ...