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Inbreeding (and sometime back breeding) is used to reinforce or strengthen certain genetic traits - making them dominant.
For example this process is used extensively in agricultural seed development, where you want to breed seed-lines that are identical when grown by farmers.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoOut breeding:
AA + aa
The aa is a deleterious trait that is recessive.
All Aa and trait not expressed.
Inbreeding:
aa X aa
or
Aa X Aa
or Aa X aa
All express deleterious traits as they are all carrier and expressors of said traits and statistically will express more often if inbreed.
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