Inbreeding is the mating of individuals that are closely related, such as parents and offspring, siblings, or first cousins. This type of breeding can lead to an increase in homozygosity, where an individual has two copies of the same allele for a particular gene. Inbreeding can be intentional, as in the case of linebreeding, or unintentional, due to the limited size of a population.
Once you have inbred lines, you cross them. Lecture 6- Inbreeding and Heterosis.ppt
Inbreeding and Heterosis - Plant Breeding E-Learning in Africa Inbreeding is the mating of individuals that are
Heterosis, also known as hybrid vigor, refers to the phenomenon where the offspring of two different breeds or lines exhibit superior traits compared to their parents. This is often observed in the F1 generation, which is the first generation of hybrids. Once you have inbred lines, you cross them
: Measures the probability that an individual has two alleles at a locus that are identical by descent from a common ancestor. Inbreeding Depression