Inbreeding
A) increases the chances of deleterious recessives coming together in one individual.
B) is bad because individuals with families have more defects than individuals without families.
C) decreases the chances of deleterious recessives coming together in one individual.
D) is bad because individuals with families have fewer defects than individuals without families.

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Inbreeding increases the likelihood that two copies of the same deleterious recessive gene will come together in one individual, leading to negative health consequences. Inbreeding does not necessarily mean having families, and it is not true that individuals without families have fewer defects.