Pedigree - The documented lineage of an animal with the goal of maintaining specific breed characteristics and improving the breed's overall quality., Inbreeding - The mating of closely related individuals, meaning they share one or more common ancestors, this can help preserve desirable traits, it also increases the likelihood of expressing harmful recessive traits and can reduce overall fitness., Line breeding - A form of selective breeding that focuses on mating closely related individuals within a family line (but not parent-offspring or full siblings), often to preserve and amplify specific, desirable traits, Outbreeding - A breeding strategy where individuals from different genetic lines or populations are mated used to increase genetic diversity and can lead to healthier offspring.,

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