Sentences with word «outbred»

«There is no definitive evidence of outbreeding depression among Bornean orang - utans,» says Banes, «but our findings are enough to cause serious alarm.»

Although inherited diseases can occur in both non-pedigree and pedigree cats, they are generally more likely to occur in pedigree cats than in outbred domestic cats (domestic shorthairs or domestic longhairs).

To take just one feature as an example, a study of mammals of twelve species in zoos showed that juvenile mortality in inbred strains was double that of outbred strains (1).

A Stud Book Traditional (SBT) savannah cat is at least four generations removed from the serval but has only savannah cat parents for at least three generations, without further outbreeding with domestic cats.

Their content is optimized for genetic mapping in the Collaborative Cross and Diveristy Outbred populations; for discriminating haplotypes from common laboratory strains and substrains; and for evaluating the ancestry of wild - caught mice.

Compared with outbred peers, offspring of first cousins have 1.4 fewer opposite - sex sexual partners, have sex for the first time 11 months later, have 0.11 fewer children and are 1.6 times as likely to be childless — all indicators of reduced reproductive ability.

Molecular signatures of aging in the Diversity Outbred mouse population» by Petr Šimeček, Ph.D from The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.

First, we do not know the life stage (s) at which outbreeding depression occurred.

The Diversity Outbred (DO) population is a heterozygous mouse stock that may be used for high - resolution mapping of genetic loci linked to disease susceptibility, drug resistance or behavioral phenotypes.

Freed of the cost of intersexual warfare, these monogamous flies actually outbred the usual competitive flies.

Such bands outbred and then drove off or killed the bands that chose to remain hunter - gatherers, because a hundred malnourished farmers can still outfight one healthy hunter.

«Today, we have 700 to 750 individuals of the species,» says Martin, «but if action is not taken now, the white - headed duck could soon be outbred by the invading ruddy duck, and wiped out in Spain, the only Western European country with a viable population.»

«If nothing is done promptly, the white - headed duck could be outbred within a very short period of time.»

While three species of wild African spiny mice and New Zealand white rabbits were capable of regenerating ear tissue, outbred laboratory mice and inbred strains such as the MRL healer mice failed to do so and instead healed the wounds by scarring.

Outbred females also produced lambs nearly a kilogram heavier than did inbred moms.

Vc systems are central to the ecology and survival of a fungus, enabling it to define its territory, to resist viral attack and to promote outbreeding.

Other «non-model» organisms like hamsters and gerbils are usually outbred.

In a report published in G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, Brekke et al. set out to determine the amount of genetic variation in separate colonies of supposedly outbred Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguicalatus).

Rat models including outbred Sprague - Dawley and Wistar rats are popular strains to study obesity as they readily gain weight on high - fat diets.

Outbred parents provide more care inbred offspring to compensate for the detrimental effects of poor genetic quality

Outbreeding only means breeding with those who aren't at least your 3rd cousin.

A mixed - breed dog's heritage can vary in complexity from the most simple first generation cross-breed mix of two puppies to outbred dogs that live in freely interbreeding populations in the wild.

Busse, C., et al., Ophthalmic and cone derived electrodiagnostic findings in outbred Miniature Long - haired Dachshunds homozygous for a RPGRIP1 mutation.

Heterosis, hybrid vigor, or outbreeding enhancement, is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring.

Second, the extent to which outbreeding depression may be affected by the environment is unknown.

Because of the polygenic nature of hypertension, numerous rat models have been developed including selective bred homozygous hypertensive rat strains (e.g. spontaneously hypertensive rat [SHR] and Dahl salt sensitive [Dahl SS]-RRB- and outbred strains (e.g. Sprague Dawley) to elucidate the desired hypertensive phenotype.

Children of incest are 3 centimeters shorter and four times as likely to be childless than outbred peers, Clark said.

«I like crossbreeds, as they tend to be much healthier than pedigree dogs due to more outbreeding and hybrid vigor,» he says.

Vulnerable populations, like purebred dogs which are, on average, inbred to about 12.5 % COI, the equivalent of a half - sib mating, will be impacted more heavily by human - caused environmental factors than outbred populations, but both will see more cases of immune mediated disease.

As a result, the muslims will continue to outbreed us and therefore subjugate us by sheer numbers.In order to prevent this from happening, any legal measure would have to be applicable to all.

On the contrary, there is evidence that close inbreeding brings out genetic defects in the progeny, and that outbreeding on the average is conducive to health and vigor of offspring.

In europe, the m uslums are outbreeding the christians.

You also won't have children, and our Black enemies will outbreed us.»

Just to be clear, the Catholic Church probably opposes contraception b / c in the early days of that religion they wanted to outbreed the «heathens» and increase the church's political power.

Let go by the millions, the altered males outnumber and outbreed their wild counterparts, and a large fraction of the following generation of mosquitoes inherits the transgene.

The result is a darkly funny future in which the stupid, having outbred the smart, now spend their days guzzling junk while gawping at utterly inane TV.

Genetics underpins the local adaptation and potential inbreeding and / or outbreeding in wild and captive populations can be illuminated and thereby help ensure the future survival of these majestic species.

Their findings were dramatic: The most outbred rams — descendants of introduced sheep — fathered 2.6 times as many healthy lambs as did the most inbred rams, and the most outbred ewes gave birth to 2.2 times as many healthy lambs as their inbred counterparts did.

A major consequence of such interspecific hybridization may be outbreeding depression due to the break - up of co-adapted gene complexes and disruption of local adaptations (Barton & Hewitt 1989).

However, the high reproductive success of F1 hybrids relative to post-F1 hybrids with similar amounts of admixture suggests that some of the outbreeding depression is intrinsic.

This outbreeding depression suggests that even low levels of admixture may have negative effects on fitness in the wild and that policies protecting hybridized populations may need reconsideration.

Hybridization can reduce fitness by either introducing alleles to a population that are not suited to the local environment (extrinsic outbreeding depression) or disrupting co-adapted gene complexes (intrinsic outbreeding depression)(Templeton 1986).

Strikingly, in stark contrast to Rani, Siswoyo had fewer surviving, healthy offspring than any other female at the site, which might be linked to such «outbreeding depression».

Although animal models are often described as either «inbred» or «outbred,» perhaps merely labeling a model as «outbred» is misleading.