It has been argued that some populations, including those of house mice, have been inbreeding for so long that any recessive lethals have been removed from the gene pool, making inbreeding not such a bad thing -- and on the positive side, inbreeding does avoid problems associated with breaking up coadapted gene complexes.

Karl L. Wuensch, Department of Psychology,
East Carolina University, Greenville NC  27858-4353
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http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm

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