wrinkled face of a pug, spotted coat of a Dalmatian. Unfortunately, the genetics that give various breeds their particular attributes are often the result of inbreeding. In a recent study published in ...

As professor Steve Jones, ­professor of genetics at University College London, puts it: ‘People talk about birth defects from inbreeding, but just being a pug is a birth defect. ‘Because pugs ...

Tui the one-year-old Shar-Pei and five-year-old pug Alvin. Owner Nicole Hetland, 24, a learning disability nurse, said: 'Theo's condition is due to irresponsible inbreeding. 'We have owned dogs my ...

Sex with your sibling or other close relations, if you are a dog, is called inbreeding ... cannot be birthed naturally), respiration (the pug’s small skull leads to a constellation of ...

The reason the pug looks so strange, with its huge eyes and squashed nose, is due to inbreeding. “Their faces have been shortened due to intensive breeding by humans, unfortunately,” London ...

wrinkled face of a pug, spotted coat of a Dalmatian. Unfortunately, the genetics that give various breeds their particular attributes are often the result of inbreeding. In a recent study ...