Romashka comments on Stupid Questions June 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Romashka 30 June 2015 10:31:15AM 0 points [-]

Thank you. (It is odd how difficult it is to suppose that a random cat is the result of sequential inbreeding - they really look no different than random cats.)

Comment author: Vaniver 03 July 2015 05:18:40PM 1 point [-]

In related news, check out MawBTS's comment on this Cochran post on inbreeding, on Cleopatra's ancestry. Yikes.

As I understand it, the reason the simplistic approach doesn't quite work is because the knowledge that a genetic combination produced a functioning adult allows you to update on the total degree of sharing / whether or not any of the ruinous parts were shared.