Note the level of inbreeding to expect in the following generation.https://twitter.com/Evolving_Moloch/status/884540458172428288 …
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I wonder what is a minimal population to avoid inbreeding? (After yet another shitlib claiming "nations need immigrants to stay viable")
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All depends on the selection pressures I guess. Farmers engage in a lot of inbreeding to select for traits.
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I mean a village is a common arrangement, that's a few 100s, don't think that's "inbred"
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Yeah I would be careful about such terms. "Inbreeding" is kind of neutral overall
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Interesting. I imagine it's been studied, will have to check the literature. Lol at the idea Japan (e.g.) needs "fresh blood" from outside
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Two most obvious downsides of excessive inbreeding: 1. Bad recessive genes more likely to come together and reduce offspring fitness. (can
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be solved by weeding these out) 2. Inbred population is more homogeneous, more vulnerable to certain threats. Eg
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new disease wipes everyone out. With more diversity, at least some would survive.
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