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inbreedingIn genetics, the mating of closely related individuals. It is considered undesirable because it increases the risk that offspring will inherit copies of rare deleterious recessive alleles (genes) from both parents and so suffer from disabilities. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Introducing artificial mutations into mice enhanced the value of plain generic inbreeds as subjects for study. They inbreed obscure samplings and slow intro build-ups, and at times shift into quieter, acoustic gloomy moments. Furthermore, I have pity for those imitators of Good English who continue--out of ignorance, habit, or success--to first' superimpose, then inbreed western faces of ethnicity, which creates new monsters of self-deception. |
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