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Meanings of inbreeding in English

Russian
инцухт
Portuguese
endocruzamento
Spanish
endogamia

Production of offspring from closely related organism.

инцухт

Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.

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Examples for "in-and-in"
Examples for "in-and-in"
1
The question of breeding in-and-in, that of marriage among close relations, is again quite distinct.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
2
I never knew a more in-and-in-bred seaman, who, when one resource failed, invariably set about the next best visible expedient.
Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
Usage of inbreeding in English
1
I had no idea if a clubfoot was a result of inbreeding.
A duty to the dead
2
Birth cohorts retained high genetic variability without signs of inbreeding and differentiation.
Pubmed
3
Their genetic history is now marked by enforced inbreeding over many generations.
The Guardian
4
Out-crossing or mixing in of new blood is better than hit-or-miss inbreeding.
The Dollar Hen
5
Highly related parasites, consistent with inbreeding, were detected after interventions were deployed.
Pubmed
6
Genome-wide inbreeding depression did not seem to affect percentage of live spermatozoa.
Pubmed
7
Hatshepsut, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, had an inbreeding coefficient of 25 percent.
Wired
8
They suffer from inbreeding depression, and they're all much too much alike.
Radio NZ
9
Other than inbreeding and rifle racks, no redneck has ever invented anything.
Gods go begging
10
One is inbreeding, low genetic diversity, and that's primarily in white tigers.
Wired
11
Therefore, demographic history may not fully predict the effects of inbreeding.
Pubmed
12
The application of this centgenitor system necessitates inbreeding; it also necessitates large operations.
The Dollar Hen
13
The inbreeding coefficient is, simply put, a measure of how inbred individuals are.
Wired
14
If inbreeding is known, adjustment for inbreeding is easy for calculation of rTI.
Pubmed
15
No effect of inbreeding was detected on offspring growth and survival.
Pubmed
16
And according to my calculations, there is no inbreeding whatsoever among the X-Men!
Wired
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Translations for inbreeding
Portuguese
endocruzamento
Spanish
endogamia
Inbreeding through the time
Inbreeding across language varieties
United States of America
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