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What Does Inbreeding Cause?

James H. Sterling • • 6 min read
What Does Inbreeding Cause?

Inbreeding increases the risk of recessive gene disorders
Inbreeding also increases the risk of disorders caused by recessive genes. These disorders can lead to calf abnormalities, miscarriages and stillbirths. Animals must have two copies of a recessive gene to have the disorder.

What does inbreeding cause in humans?

Studies have confirmed an increase in several genetic disorders due to inbreeding such as blindness, hearing loss, neonatal diabetes, limb malformations, disorders of sex development, schizophrenia and several others.

What happens when a child is inbred?

Inbred children commonly displayed decreased cognitive abilities and muscular function, reduced height and lung function and are at greater risk from diseases in general, they found. The inbred children are also at higher risk of rare recessive genetic disorders, though the researchers didn't include any data on those.

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James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.