Question

Question: Regarding assertion and reason, choose the correct option.
Assertion[A]: Excessive inbreeding leads to inbreeding depression
Reason[R]: Increased homozygosity leads to loss of heterozygosity

in this kindly tell me reason is correct explanation of assertion or not?

Answer 1

Yes it's correct,Inbreeding results in homozygosity, which can increase the chances of offspring being affected by recessive traits. This generallyleads to a decreased biological fitness of a population (called inbreeding depression), which is its ability to survive and reproduce.