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A farmer has a herd of goats, which his family has been breeding for the last 100 years. The farmer is remarkably upset, however, because his herd demonstrates physical malformations (e.g., lack of horns, misshapen limbs, lack of hooves). Which statement is likely true of this herd of goats?

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Answer: inbreeding depression has set in in the herd

Explanation:

Inbreeding depression is the reduced biological fitness in a given population as a result of inbreeding, or breeding of related individuals.

When close relatives are breed, certain detrimental traits which have been recessive becomes dominant and are expressed in their phenotype

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