Inbreeding: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Inbreeding and Heterosis. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - Inbreeding parents should invest more resources in fewer offspring. | Jul 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - Evolution of Inbreeding Avoidance and Inbreeding Preference through Mate Choice among Interacting Relatives. | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: McGill University - Office for Science and Society - Inbreeding: Behind the Stigma. | Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wheaton College OpenPress - Molecular Ecology and Evolution: An Introduction - Inbreeding Effects. | Aug 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa State University Digital Press - Plant Breeding Methods - Inbreeding. | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Inbreeding: When Parents Transmit More Than Genes. | May 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Earth - What are the effects of inbreeding? | Apr 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Evaluating inbreeding and assessing the risk of outbreeding depression in genetic rescue using whole-genome sequence data. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Impact of inbreeding on fertility in a pre-industrial population. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Virginia Cooperative Extension - Inbreeding. | Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Montana State University - Inbreeding and Inbreeding Depression. | May 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Inbreeding and Heterosis. | Jun 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Inbreeding: Downfall of a Dynasty. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations - Using Inbreeding to Improve Growth and other Phenotypes. | Nov 23, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Effects of inbreeding on the genetic diversity of populations. | Feb 15, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dog Breed Info Center - Inbreeding Dogs. | Mar 02, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Inbreeding And Line Breeding. | Mar 02, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com - Inbreeding. | Mar 02, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Missouri Extension - Inbreeding: Its Meaning, Uses and Effects on Farm Animals. | Mar 02, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Understanding Evolution - Inbreeding Depression. | Mar 02, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Effects of inbreeding on the genetic diversity of populations. | Mar 02, 2012 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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