Biology GCSE
Inbreeding
What Inbreeding means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Inbreeding
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Reference: AQA
Breeding together closely related individuals, which increases the chance that harmful recessive alleles are inherited from both parents.
Topics that use Inbreeding
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aesthetic and behavioural traits
- Agricultural usefulness
- artificial selection
- Genetic variation within populations
- Human selection over many generations
- Human-directed selection
- Repeated artificial selection
- Selection of parents by humans
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