Inbreeding is defined as mating between related individuals. It is also called consanguinity, meaning "mixing of the blood." Although some plants successfully self-fertilize (the most extreme case of inbreeding), biological mechanisms are...

Inbreeding is the mating of closely related individuals that share common ancestry. Inbreeding is used in animal husbandry to retain desirable characteristics and eliminate undesirable ones. However, the mating of siblings in farm animals can only be...

Inbreeding occurs when closely related individuals mate with one another. Inbreeding may happen in a small population or due to other isolating factors; the consequence is that little new genetic information is added to the gene pool. Thus recessive,...

Half-brothers or sisters share only one parent. The relationship is rarely alluded to vocatively, but a young man in Absolute Beginners, by Colin MacInnes, makes use of ‘half-brother’, to his step-brother as it happens. The latter...

Inbreeding is breeding between close relatives, whether plant or animal. If practiced repeatedly, it often leads to a reduction in genetic diversity. A concomitant increase in homozygousity of recessive traits can, over time, result in inbreeding...

Even in anything-edible-goes-in-the-pot China, the Huifu Fine-food Restaurant is drawing attention with special menu offerings that include alligator kebabs and soup _ complete with the endangered species' head and tail. The restaurant, in the scenic city of Huangshan in eastern...

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and researchers claiming they misused blood samples from Havasupai tribal members.However, tribal officials said they plan to refile the suit and take the case to the Arizona Court of Appeals.Carletta Tilousi,...

Wildlife officials Tuesday released 20 Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits that were raised in captivity to a sagebrush-covered area of central Washington state where their ancestors roamed before teetering on the edge of extinction.The pygmy rabbits were born and raised at Washington State University and the...

The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit is finally back in its old stomping grounds, munching olive-drab sagebrush and hopefully doing what rabbits do best.Twenty of the creatures _ each not much bigger than a man's hand _ were set free Tuesday in a remote wildlife reserve,...