inbred

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Inbred FVB/N mice were purchased from Jackson Laboratory and maintained at Stanford University until they were 30 months old.

From Nature • Oct. 10, 2017

Inbred for the purposes of experimentation, they exhibit a number of infelicitous traits, including a susceptibility to obesity, a taste for morphine, and a tendency to nibble off their cage mates’ hair.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 31, 2015

Brooke Adee: This ethereally pretty Georgia-raised 16-year-old, now living in Tampa, Fla., sparked a face-off between Inbred Moonshine and Little Manchild with her nuanced rendition of “Skinny Love.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2015

Inbred Florida panthers were saved with an infusion of DNA from Texas cougars.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2014

Inbred qualities are acquired, and are the result of experience.

From The Negro Problem by Fortune, Timothy Thomas