Read the whole blog here: http://trynerdy.com/?p=1177
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Promiscuity goes with Inbreeding
"Researchers from the U.K. set out to test this idea, and the results were pretty conclusive. Red flour beetles were mated sibling-to-sibling for fifteen generations, effectively creating a “genetic bottleneck,” before being compared to their non-inbred (i.e., outbred) counterparts. Inbred and outbred females were offered 10 virgin males to mate with (insert joke I don’t have the guts to make), and the inbred females were more promiscuous by all measures:"
Read the whole blog here: http://trynerdy.com/?p=1177
Read the whole blog here: http://trynerdy.com/?p=1177
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