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Assertion Inbreeding is the reproduction between closely related organisms
Reason Intensive inbreeding reduces the variability of the genome

A

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

C

Assertion is true, but Reason is false

D

Assertion is false, but reason is true

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B
In breeding involves selective reproduction between the closely related organism. Intensive breeding reduces the veriability of the genome by incresing the number heterozygous genotypes. In order to overcome these problems, breeders In order to overcome these problems, breeders resort to outbreeding after several generations of inbreeding
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