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When closely related individuals mate with each other, or inbreed, the offspring are often not as fit as the offspring of two unrelated individuals. Why?

  • Inbreeding causes normally silent alleles to be expressed Correct
  • Close relatives are genetically incompatible
  • The DNA of close relatives reacts negatively in the offspring
  • Inbreeding can bring together rare, deleterious mutations that lead to harmful phenotypes
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