inbreeding的意思|inbreeding的解释-里氏词典

inbreeding ['in'bri:diŋ]

n. 同系繁殖, 近亲交配

[医] 同系交配, 近亲交配, 近交

inbreeding

[ noun ]
the act of mating closely related individuals
<noun.act>

Inbreed \In*breed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inbred}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inbreeding}.] [Cf. {Imbreed}.]
1. To produce or generate within. --Bp. Reynolds.

To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue.
--Milton.

2. To breed in and in. See under {Breed}, v. i.

Foose says that as a result of the gorilla program, for example, there is less inbreeding and healthier babies are being born.
To that end, the SSP committee for lowland gorillas documents the family trees of captive gorillas in North America and monitors inter-zoo transfers of the animals to avoid inbreeding and the subsequent loss of genetic diversity.
Every three years, a new bull must be introduced to avoid inbreeding, but brings the risk of producing a herd that looks a little less like the one LBJ admired.
As the habitats shrink and become more isolated, the wild populations "fall prey to inbreeding," Simmons said.

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