To prevent inbreeding, wild caught animals have been introduced to the captive breeding program.
That was an old, genetic-based taboo to prevent inbreeding.
A centuries-old law that was meant to prevent inbreeding has now been lifted in South Korea.
The first advantage is that it prevents inbreeding.
This may be in part an instinct to prevent inbreeding.
The practice effectively prevented inbreeding, even among individuals whose kinship was obscure or unknown.
There is no mechanism for preventing inbreeding or to ensure outcrossing.
A similar system exists in many plants; its purpose is not to reject grafts but to prevent inbreeding.
This practice both reinforced clan relationships and prevented inbreeding in a society based on small semi-nomadic groups.