The Whittaker family from West Virginia has a complex history due to inbreeding, leading to severe genetic defects. Some ...

The Catalburun is so unique because of its unusual double nose and low-set ears, but both traits are the result of severe inbreeding. It's virtually impossible to continue breeding Catalburun dogs ...

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 ...

MARRYING a blood kin has been considered a taboo. This belief has a basis in science. "Instead of purifying the race," "marrying within the family can even lead to genetically compromised, even ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

I grew up with a boxer named Zack whom my family had adopted from our local shelter. We loved him dearly. He was a happy-go-lucky guy with a tail that never stopped wagging and a mouth that never ...

A study by the German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen and Leipzig Zoo shows the ...

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.