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Low diversity is often seen in isolated groups or in animals that have been selectively bred.

From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026

For decades, the U.S. has maintained a program in which these flies are bred in a lab, bathed in sterilizing radiation and released around Panama, which prevents the insect from creeping northward.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

It also begs a question: what happened to the hundreds of thousands of dogs once bred for human consumption?

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

Born and bred in London, the Bayern Munich winger has chosen to represent France, his mother's birth country.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

But none of those tamed animals was actually domesticated—that is, selectively bred in captivity and genetically modified so as to become more useful to humans.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond