Why does inbreeding result in a higher chance of genetic defects?
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To put it really simply,our genetic codes all have some little defects, but they are usually what is called recessive traits, which means that you would need to have that defective code twice for it to appear and be active.
Now you and all of your blood relatives share a common genetic pool, which means that your relatives are very likely to also have the same genetic defects.
So with inbreeding there is a higher chance that the child receives in his genetic code two similar recessive defects (one from the father and one from the mother), and thus might have malformations or other things.
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