inbred
Too closely related
Inbred describes organisms produced by breeding closely related individuals—siblings, cousins, or parent and offspring.
Inbred populations show reduced genetic diversity, often resulting in physical or mental deficiencies: The royal family was so inbred that genetic disorders plagued generations.
Extended to mean deeply ingrained or innate: an inbred distrust of authority.
As an insult, it suggests someone is stupid or backward, implying incestuous ancestry.
Ancestry through generations
- kinshipState of being related
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
endogamy · intermarriage · relatives · clan · dynasty · genealogy · kindred · pedigree
Masked unless paired identically
- homozygousHaving identical alleles
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
heritability · genotype · phenotype · dominant · inheritance · pedigree · genomics · DNA
Payment for usage rights
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
blueblood · monarch · heir · succession · throne · intermarriage · lineage · house
Record of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- stockGoods kept for sale
- strainExcessive stretching force
- lineageDescent from progenitors
kennel · studbook · registered · champion · AKC · outcross · sire · dam
Narrow in perspective
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- clannishExclusionary toward outsiders
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- closedNot accessible now
xenophobic · tribal · myopic · hidebound · small-town · backward · stagnant · cloistered
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
consanguinity · endogamy · intermarriage · relatives · clan · dynasty · genealogy · kindred · pedigree · forebears
recessive
Masked unless paired identically
- homozygousHaving identical alleles
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- alleleGene variant at one locus
chromosome · heritability · genotype · phenotype · dominant · inheritance · pedigree · genomics · DNA · locus
royalty
Payment for usage rights
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
dynasty · blueblood · monarch · heir · succession · throne · intermarriage · lineage · house · regent
pedigree
Record of descent
lineage · kennel · studbook · registered · champion · AKC · outcross · sire · dam · papers
parochial
Narrow in perspective
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- clannishExclusionary toward outsiders
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
closed · xenophobic · tribal · myopic · hidebound · small-town · backward · stagnant · cloistered · isolated
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- Genetic Traitshair color, dark hair, skin color, dimples, blood type
inbredoutbred
Mated with non-relatives
outcrossed · crossbred · hybrid · heterozygous · mongrel