Rare animal breeding I often read about rare breeds that have managed to breed successful. In...

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I often read about rare breeds that have managed to breed successful. In order for the species to repopulate there presumably needs to be a mixture of male and female offspring. Also those offspring siblings need to breed with each other. Is that a...

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Yes it does cause problems like weaker immune system.

dirge

yes and yes. populations can become small enough to effectively doom themselves.
the problems introduced with inbreeding tend to be overstated, but they do exist.

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