Animals rarely avoid mating with relatives, new study says
This discovery that animals rarely avoid with mating with kin has implications for animal conservation in the wild and breeding programs.
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Posted: May 07, 2021 4:46 PM ET | Last Updated: May 7
Tourists take photos of mating giant tortoises in the highlands of Santa Cruz island on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador in 2019. (Chris J Ratcliffe / Getty Images for Lumix)