A research team has proposed inbred-parent–based hybrid cassava breeding to overcome the challenges of heterozygous parent use, aiming to transform cassava breeding by purging deleterious mutations ...

Maize is a globally cultivated staple crop and one of the most successful examples of heterosis utilization in food production. The development of elite inbred lines is critical for breeding hybrid ...

Pieces of DNA that predict lifespan are shorter in birds that are inbred, according to new research. The findings mean that inbreeding could be linked to a shorter lifespan. The team also found ...