eli5 Why Isn’t Inbreeding A Problem For Insects?

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Some basic biology i’ve learned is that inbreeding causes problems because the genes aren’t diverse enough, but insects breed with what’s essentially their mother. How does that work?

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Funnily enough, I just heard the explanation to this recently. Check minute 8:30 of this video:

[Maya explains incest between bugs:](https://youtu.be/d_DrSPxqR48?si=Jlxpu-F_0jnSGsn7)

Hope the link is formatted correctly, first time doing so an on mobile 🙂

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