Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19.6, Problem 1BC
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The explanation for whether inbreeding would increase or decrease the likelihood of recessive human genetic diseases.

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Inbreeding refers to the breeding between the mates of common ancestry. Inbreeding reduces heterozygosity in the population and show a corresponding increase in homozygosity.

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