1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
arlik [135]
3 years ago
13

What is the problem with inbreeding

Biology
1 answer:
Mrrafil [7]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

It reduces genetic diversity and increases the proportion of deleterious recessive alleles

Explanation:

Inbreeding occurs when two genetically-related organisms mate and produce offspring. The breeding of genetically close individuals results in a loss of genetic variation in the population, as there is less "mixing" of different alleles to produce heterozygous (possess 2 different alleles) individuals.

This means that there is an increased chance that any deleterious alleles will become expressed (as there is less variation and more likely that homozygous individuals exist). These can be deleterious and potentially disease-causing. This reduces the fitness of the population.

You might be interested in
The density of a quart of water and a teaspoon of water are?
AVprozaik [17]
They are the same density. 
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
A wolf attacks a porcupine and gets stung with quills. The wolf no longer attacks porcupines. What type of behavior does the wol
Anika [276]
I think anger and fear 
7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What kind of mixture can paint be classified as
Travka [436]

Answer:

colloid

Explanation:

5 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Make one claim about the buffalo population
Annette [7]

The buffalo population in the Serengeti was regulated by adult mortality which was caused by undernutrition as a result of food shortage. ... The effect of interspecific competition could result in a complex regulation of populations through their food supply.

4 0
2 years ago
The red line through the Earth designated with the Label "N" is the?
eduard

Answer:

C. Axis

Explanation:

The label "N" refers to the northern hemisphere, and the red line is the axis on which the Earth rotates.

8 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • ______ are primary consumers.
    15·2 answers
  • Organisms inherit specific traits and characteristics from their parents. Albinism is an inherited disorder that occurs when an
    13·1 answer
  • Food moves through the digestive tract by peristalsis, which is produced by wavelike contractions of ______ muscles answers
    11·2 answers
  • If brine shrimp eggs were transported on shorebirds feet from a hyper saline lake into a less salty one
    12·1 answer
  • What energy systems does your body use to support the 100s trial in the experiment? refer back to information presented in activ
    10·1 answer
  • What is dna not copied in meiosis 2??
    12·1 answer
  • Pure water is neutral. What is the appropriate justification for this? A. Water has equal H+ and OH- ions, making its pH 7, whic
    12·2 answers
  • Where does the exchange of oxygen (from the air) with carbon dioxide (from the cells) take place?
    13·2 answers
  • Which statement is NOT a part of the cell theory?
    6·2 answers
  • Which event takes place first in the stages before the birth of a star?
    10·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!