Editing Inbreeding (section)

====Linebreeding====
Linebreeding is a form of inbreeding. There is no clear distinction between the two terms, but linebreeding may encompass crosses between individuals and their descendants or two cousins.<ref name="TaveInbreeding" /><ref name="UMissouri">{{cite web | last1 = Vogt | first1 = Dale | last2 = Swartz | first2 = Helen A. | last3 = Massey | first3 = John | title = Inbreeding: Its Meaning, Uses and Effects on Farm Animals | url = http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G2911 | work = MU Extension | publisher = [[University of Missouri]] | access-date = April 30, 2011 | date = October 1993 | archive-date = March 8, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235825/http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G2911 | url-status = dead }}</ref> This method can be used to increase a particular animal's contribution to the population.<ref name="TaveInbreeding" /> While linebreeding is less likely to cause problems in the first generation than does inbreeding, over time, linebreeding can reduce the genetic diversity of a population and cause problems related to a too-small gene pool that may include an increased prevalence of genetic disorders and inbreeding depression.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}