inbreeding (redirected from Inbreeding depression)

inbreeding /in·breed·ing/ (-bred-ing) the mating of closely related individuals or of individuals having closely similar genetic constitutions.

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in·breed·ing (nbrdng)

n.

1. See homogamy.

2. The continued breeding of closely related individuals so as to preserve desirable traits in a stock.

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inbreeding,

n the production of offspring by the mating of closely related individuals, organisms, or plants; self-fertilization is the most extreme form, which normally occurs in certain plants and lower animals. The practice provides a greater chance for recessive genes for both desirable and undesirable traits to become homozygous and to be expressed phenotypically.

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inbreeding

the mating of closely related organisms or of organisms having closely similar genetic constitutions.

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inbreeding coefficient

the probability that the two genes present at a locus in that individual are identical by descent.

inbreeding depression

depression of performance caused by inbreeding.