16 Apr '07 19:47>
A friend of a friend was working in a hotel in Dubai (Arab Emerites), one of the super-rich ones that cater to royalty. She said that most of the royals looked peculiar, had asymmetrical faces, funny eyes, strange temperments (i.e. nutzo) etc... and was speculating that this was the result of inbreeding, which is quite frequent amongst the royal families for monetary reasons. This was also the case with many European royals in decades past. I'm sure some of the weird behaviour could be attributed to them being richer than God and having nothing else to do all day but be insane, but the physical changes are harder to explain away.
So my question is: why does inbreeding cause an increase in the number of mental/physical defects? Does anyone who studied biology have a simple explanation? Kissing your sister might make you disgusting, but how does it make your kids crazy?
So my question is: why does inbreeding cause an increase in the number of mental/physical defects? Does anyone who studied biology have a simple explanation? Kissing your sister might make you disgusting, but how does it make your kids crazy?