When it comes to inbreeding: slower is better.

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The extent to which genetic diversity is lost from inbred populations is important for conservation biology, evolutionary ecology, and plant and animal breeding. This importance stems from the fact that the amount of genetic diversity a population has is expected to correlate with evolutionary potential. A population's ability to avert extinction during rapidly changing environmental conditions, or the magnitude...

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