Is Inbreeding Really That Bad?

Inbreeding...It's hugely taboo for us, but lots of organisms do it. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter!   / gross_science   ‖ Tumblr!   / grossscience   ↓Want more info?↓ Heredity: Outbreeding and possibly inbreeding depression in a pollinating fig wasp with a mixed mating system: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19... PloS ONE: The Role of Inbreeding in the Extinction of a European Royal Dynasty: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... -- Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Anna Rothschild Production Help Mark Gartsbeyn Jeffrey Wood Nice Spring Music Provided by APM Original Footage ©WGBH Educational Foundation 2016 FOOTAGE AND IMAGES File:Carlos segundo80 Wikimedia Commons/Lec CRP1 King Charles II of Spain Wikimedia Commons/Luca Giordano Life, uh, finds a way Gif Jurassic Park, Universal Studios (1993) SFX Cockroaches Freesound/StateAardvark­ (used with permission from author) Squeak Pack/squeak_10 Freesound/Corsica_S Wink Freesound/Bennychico11 Bad Beep Incorrect Freesound/richerlandtv Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios