The Benefits
To get the best results of line-breeding, a good foundation stock is needed. Line-breeding can help to focus in on, and amplify, favorable traits. Line-breeding helps to take out the genetic variation in offspring, so line-bred rabbits become more uniform. This is great if the kits you are producing do very well on the show table!
An interesting outcome that inbreeding can cause is recessive genes to appear. While some of these genes are negative, simple recessive genes like color can also appear and have no effect on the rabbit's overall health.
To get the best results of line-breeding, a good foundation stock is needed. Line-breeding can help to focus in on, and amplify, favorable traits. Line-breeding helps to take out the genetic variation in offspring, so line-bred rabbits become more uniform. This is great if the kits you are producing do very well on the show table!
An interesting outcome that inbreeding can cause is recessive genes to appear. While some of these genes are negative, simple recessive genes like color can also appear and have no effect on the rabbit's overall health.
The top two rex are littermates and 25% inbred. The bottom three are also littermates and 0% inbred. The inbred litter shows much more uniformity in type than the non-inbred litter.