What is a Genetic Load and how Consanguinity affects genotype

Genetic load - is the presence of unfavorable genetic material in the genes of a population. When matings take place between relatives, the pattern is referred to as inbreeding. Inbreeding tends to reduce diversity within populations (but may increase diversity, or at least the variance, among populations). In a complete selfing population, the number of heterozygotes at any given locus decreases. #consanguinity #inbreeding #GeneticLoad #geneticDrift #populationGenetics