The Inbreeding Coefficient of Superheroes - Wired News


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The Inbreeding Coefficient of Superheroes
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There is a mathematical formula, from the field of population genetics, that allows us to calculate something known as the inbreeding coefficient. The inbreeding coefficient is, simply put, a measure of how inbred individuals are.
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Inbreeding greatest in thoroughbreds, standardbreds - research - Horsetalk


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Inbreeding greatest in thoroughbreds, standardbreds - research
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The study, published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE Genetics, found thoroughbreds and standardbreds had the highest inbreeding co-efficients in an extensive genetic analysis of horse breeds. The inbreeding coefficient is computed as a percentage ...

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T-Breds Most Inbred Breed; S-Breds Second - Standardbred Canada


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T-Breds Most Inbred Breed; S-Breds Second
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A study published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE Genetics has determined that inbreeding, in regard to the comparison of different equine breeds, is the most dominant within both standardbred and thoroughbred horses. As explained by an article on ...

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Where the wild genes are - Medill Reports: Chicago


Medill Reports: Chicago
Where the wild genes are
Medill Reports: Chicago
“It's inevitable that we get some inbreeding taking place, or as we look at it, a loss of genetic diversity,” said Robert Lacy, a conservation scientist at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo who helped developed PMX, a software program that helps calculate ...

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Pesky varmints Clarendon Elementary tackles bed bug issue - The Hudson Reporter

Pesky varmints Clarendon Elementary tackles bed bug issue
The Hudson Reporter
In the report, a scientist was quoted as saying that there is “an extremely high rate of inbreeding,” among bed bugs. As an example, the scientists studied an infested Jersey City apartment building and found that the bed bugs were so genetically ...

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Sit. Stay. Scratch. - Science AAAS

Sit. Stay. Scratch.
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Inbreeding has made a once-rare skin disorder (inset) common in golden retrievers. Credit: PK-Photos/iStockphoto; (inset) adapted from A. Grall et al., Nature Gentetics, Advance Online Publication (2012) Thanks to inbreeding, dogs are more like us than ...

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Wild World Zoo welcomes new baby camel - Yuma Sun

Wild World Zoo welcomes new baby camel
Yuma Sun
So there won't be inbreeding, the zoo bought a baby Ibex male and bottle raised him as well. He's now 9 months old. When he's old enough, in a couple of years, they'll breed him. The zoo has plenty of other babies, including two goats born on Monday, ...

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