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A Brief Primer on Inbreeding Depression

Posted on April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 By Andrew Thaler 2 Comments on A Brief Primer on Inbreeding Depression
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There I was, proudly ambivalent about events happening across the pond. Some royal something or other getting civil union-ed with some wealthy something something. Apparently this happening also involves some high-falutin’ muckity-muck. I had managed to avoid just about everything about this event, until my shields were ultimately breached by an unlikely saboteur. The scientific journal Cell bizarrely decided to dedicate this weeks issue to the royal wedding by publishing this bit of ad nauseum:

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