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Mice represent well over half of the non-human subjects of biomedical research, and the vast majority of those mice are inbred. Formed by generation after generation of mating between brothers and sisters, inbred mice are genetically identical to each other, like twins or clones. Inbreeding is well known to reduce health and vigor across species; this biological fact is the reason that incest is a universal taboo.

Classified as: Biomedical research, Nature Methods, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Jeffrey Mogil, inbred mice, outbred mice
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Published on: 4 Dec 2018
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