.@AndrewSabisky pop size appears to matter a lot when it comes to issues related to inbreeding - from @razibkhan :http://www.unz.com/gnxp/size-population-matters-for-inbreeding/ …
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@hbdchick@AndrewSabisky@razibkhan That link refers to past purging of genetic load in small pop's by producing lethals—arrested in womb2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@Billare yes. that is the (broader) context here: https://twitter.com/AndrewSabisky/status/664445191751880704 … (^_^)@AndrewSabisky🎃 💀haunted chick 💀 🎃 added,
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@hbdchick@AndrewSabisky If you have a species that is just perfectly adapted to its niche, inbreeding & purging of load can be beneficial1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick@AndrewSabisky Fuzzily: In some sense the inbreeding loses the sexual "noise" that prohibits reproducing the adapted phenotype1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick@AndrewSabisky But I wouldn't associate that kind of story with humans, who adapt to niches promiscously & need sex's variation1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Billare not small hunter-gatherer groups, perhaps? some amazonian groups?@AndrewSabisky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@AndrewSabisky Don't know way-way pre-history. But Gat tells a story that even small hunter-gatherer groups have ways to deal here1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick@AndrewSabisky Even though they live at low densities, they consciously cultivate affiliations w/other groups for later exchange1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick@AndrewSabisky So when it comes time for marriage exchange, they can use the other tribe as "bank" for their women and..2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@Billare sure. still comparatively small numbers tho...maybe. dunno. would be nice to! (~_^) @AndrewSabisky
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