In population genetics, there is a method of measuring how inbred a certain individual is, known as the inbreeding coefficient. Previously, I used to this technique to examine the amount of inbreeding ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kissing cousins aren’t doing their children any evolutionary favors, some preliminary data suggest. Mating with a close relative, known as inbreeding, reduces nonhuman animals’ ...

This paper reviews and discusses what is known about the relationship between identity in state, allele frequency, inbreeding coefficients, and identity by descent in various uses of these terms.

There are many ways to examine the social worlds of fact and fiction, and whether or not they are similar. In an article for* The Atlantic*, I examined the social networks of superheroes, a ...

A study being called the most comprehensive genetic analysis of North American Thoroughbreds found no genetic ties related to health concerns or durability and detected a slight rise in inbreeding ...

The FLDS sect appears to be free from the major signs of inbreeding -- but why? April 22, 2008— -- To geneticists, the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) ...

Experimental studies often find that inbreeding depression is more severe in harsh environments, but the few studies of in situ wild populations available to date rarely find strong support for this ...

New research from the Royal Veterinary College, in collaboration with Cornell University, has found inbreeding to be a contributing factor in mid- and late-term pregnancy loss in Thoroughbreds. This ...

The Habsburgs, once a mighty Royal dynasty that held sway over vast Spanish and Austrian territories, are now notorious for the pronounced "Habsburg jaw", a striking facial deformity. A study suggests ...