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Charles Darwin’s family tree tangled with inbreeding, early death

Charles Darwin ‘s studies of heredity, adaptation and evolution included many experiments into the effects of crossbreeding and inbreeding in both plants and animals. Such consanguineous pairing often resulted in weaker, more sickly descendants. [More]



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