This morning you may see that we have extended the computations of the Coefficient of Inbreeding and Coefficient of Relatedness to 10 generations. These coefficients were previously calculated over 8 ...

Among the questions that we are most frequently asked with regard to suggest matings is "what about the inbreeding to....?" or "is inbreeding to x a good thing?" Unfortunately, as a generalized ...

Increasing levels of inbreeding is a threat against the viability of the Scandinavian wolf population. A study just coming out in the new journal PLoS ONE now demonstrates that inbreeding is not ...

A new measure to give dairy producers more reliable information on inbreeding has been launched by AHDB. The genomic inbreeding coefficient uses the animal’s actual genetic make-up (or genotype) to ...

Individuals in natural populations vary in their genealogy and thus have different genome-wide diversity. Those having more or/and more recent common ancestors between their maternal and paternal ...

In its Season 7 finale, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” Game of Thrones is expected to double down on what it does best: incest. All the canoodling between the Mother of Dragons and the former King in the ...

Increasing levels of inbreeding is a threat against the viabi lity of the Scandinavian wolf population. A study just coming out in the new journal PLoS ONE now demonstrates that inbreeding is not ...