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Summary

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Inbreeding:

1) Inbreeding depression

a) decrease in fertile matings

b) decrease in litter size

c) increase in juvenile mortality

2) Inbreeding does not always result in inbreeding depression

a) selfing plants

b) Tamil tribes of India

c) European Bison

3) Positive aspects

a) derive offspring without deleterious alleles

b) fix alleles (domestic stock)