Sentences with phrase «highly inbred»

Poor nutrition and husbandry practices that produce highly inbred cats increase the likelihood of infection.
This disorder is most often seen in the Manx breed; however, it can occur in any breed that is highly inbred.
The results of IR and IRVD comparisons also showed that highly inbred individuals existed in both breeds.
«Breeders are managing the little diversity that still exists in the best possible manner, but there are still many individuals sired from highly inbred parents,» Pederson adds.
That worries Gardiner and Sandoval Guzmán because the animals that they study, like many lab animals, are highly inbred.
Many early humans were highly inbred, according to a new genetic analysis.
To test their idea, they did experiments with highly inbred strains mice.
Scientists breeding mice or flies for research have encountered similar problems — even highly inbred fruit flies raised under well - controlled conditions vary in their behavior.
In the past 17 years since the immigrant's arrival, only two ice bridges have occurred, so the Old Gray Guy's descendants soon became highly inbred as well.
«You have to start with many breeds because most of them are highly inbred,» explains Crooijmans.
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