Inbreeding
Inbreeding
!The passage of [homozygous alleles through an inbred pedigree](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/ChildfirstcousinsHomozyBD.png/250px-ChildfirstcousinsHomozyBD.png)
Inbreeding
Inbreeding is a technique used in selective breeding. For example, in livestock breeding, breeders may use inbreeding when trying to establish a new and desirable trait in the stock and for producing distinct families within a breed, but will need to watch for undesirable characteristics in offspring, which can then be eliminated through further selective breeding or culling. Inbreeding also helps to ascertain the type of gene action affecting a trait. Inbreeding is also used to reveal deleterious recessive alleles, which can then be eliminated through assortative breeding or through culling. In plant breeding, inbred lines are used as stocks for the creation of hybrid) lines to make use of the effects of heterosis. Inbreeding in plants also occurs naturally in the form of self-pollination.
Inbreeding
Inbreeding can significantly influence gene expression which can prevent inbreeding depression.
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