tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post1324672777978203214..comments2024-03-24T05:50:07.033-07:00Comments on Biologizing: Inbreeding - It's the New Frontier! Peter Houlihanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961900865379520219noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-87734816272744714712015-04-21T11:08:56.127-07:002015-04-21T11:08:56.127-07:00Geez I hope we don't lose any of our great-ape...Geez I hope we don't lose any of our great-ape ancestors to extinction! Mountain gorillas are so bad-ass, I really don't want inbreeding to stunt the growth of this truly cool species. Let's hope that conservation efforts are successful! Nice article, thanks for sharing!<br /><br />-Michael SalhanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-87603783082855640862015-04-18T18:27:10.528-07:002015-04-18T18:27:10.528-07:00It's fascinating to hear that some amounts of ...It's fascinating to hear that some amounts of inbreeding increase survivability, even taking into account the drawbacks typically associated with inbreeding. Hopefully this information will make conservation efforts a bit more effective, although it'd have to be very carefully monitored to make sure that too much inbreeding, and thus too many problems, don't arise.<br /><br />-Mark GlasmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008122866340502585.post-80210590966612928852015-04-17T12:31:19.422-07:002015-04-17T12:31:19.422-07:00nice article, such was also seen in the marriage b...nice article, such was also seen in the marriage between Emperor Claudius and his niece Agrippina in the year 49 AD whom the descendants had defective genes.<br /><br />osuji chukwunonsoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com