Combined Science GCSE
Inbreeding
What Inbreeding means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Inbreeding
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Reference: AQA
Breeding between closely related individuals, which happens when a small number of chosen organisms are repeatedly bred together.
Topics that use Inbreeding
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- artificial selection
- Artificial selection by humans
- change in allele frequency over generations
- Desired characteristic
- Inheritance of harmful recessive alleles
- Production of true-breeding populations
- Reduced genetic variation
- Repeated breeding over generations
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