Inbreeding vs. Line breeding Why do people inbreed and line breed horses when even in the wild animals have mechanisms to avoid inbreeding. Why should people be able to inbreed animals when it’s illegal for humans to do so? Is line breeding the same as inbreeding? Why should inbreeding and line breeding be avoided? Inbreeding and line breeding are the same, because you are breeding the same bloodlines together, and depending on what you are trying to accomplish, can or cannot be successful. And it should be avoided due to the effects. In this speech, I will argue that inbreeding and line breeding are the same thing and should be avoided. therefore people shouldn’t be trying to use it to their benefit to get the same trait. What is inbreeding? Inbreeding is the mating of closely related individuals. An equine edu article states that the genetic effect of inbreeding is that it makes more pairs of genes homozygous. This means that there will be no recessives in the genetic makeup of the breed. Inbreeding is a result in developmental disruption, higher infant mortality, a shorter lifespan and reduction of immune system function. Some say …show more content…
Yes they are the same thing because anyway you look at it you are breeding a relative to a relative. Line breeding is a form of inbreeding. Either way you look at it you are breeding a relative to a relative. Your inbreeding either way because a brother to sister and aunt to nephew is still breeding a relative to a relative. People say that line breeding is not inbreeding, because they say you don’t breed as closely. “If the common ancestor is in the third generation and/or further back, I’ll call that line breeding, but if it appears in the first and second generation, that’s inbreeding,” Larry says. Also because line breeding it to get the positive traits and they think inbreeding mostly get the bad traits. They would also say it is a less intensive form of inbreeding. Yes, they