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Consanguinity
Relationship of 2 individuals by descent from a common ancestor. A consanguineous mating is one in which the mates are related. ie. first cousins.
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Consanguinity -- genetic relationship. Consanguineous individuals have at least one common ancestor in the preceding few generations. Conservative change -- an amino acid change that does not affect significantly the function of the protein.
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Inbreeding often leads to reduced health and fitness (called consanguinity depression, inbreeding depression); however, livestock breeders often practice inbreeding, then cull unfit offspring, ...
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When a population consists of an insufficient number of individuals, the species is threatened with extinction, either by underpopulation, or by because of consanguinity.
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consists of an insufficient number of individuals, that population is threatened with extinction; the extinction of a species can approach when all biocenoses composed of individuals of the species are in decline. In small populations, consanguinity ...
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