Science news articles about 'effects of inbreeding'

... self-fertilize with their own pollen but others reject such pollen because of the deleterious effects of inbreeding. In these plants, their own pollen or that of close relatives is rejected if it ...

... of Sciences Institute of Biology and Soils (IBS). The team is evaluating the health and potential effects of inbreeding for this tiny population, which experts believe contains no more than 10-15 ...

... a consequent loss of their genetic diversity, increasing their susceptibility to possible deleterious effects of inbreeding". The researchers mated fertile female bees in the laboratory with either ...

... least 50 adults are required to avoid the damaging effects of inbreeding, and 500 to avoid extinctions due ... least an order of magnitude too small to effectively stave off extinction," says Dr Traill. ...