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Inbreeding results in homozygosity, which can increase the chances of offspring being affected by recessive or deleterious traits. en.wikipedia.org

Testing is most often intended to determine homozygosity, but is also useful in cases where a horse has greyed out, or if a horse has an unexplained loss of pigmentation. en.wikipedia.org

This is known as outbreeding enhancement, practiced by conservation managers and zoo captive breeders to prevent homozygosity. en.wikipedia.org

Different populations of the same species have different deleterious traits, and therefore their crossbreeding will not result in homozygosity in most loci in the offspring. en.wikipedia.org

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