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Types of Breedings

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Definition: inbreeding: breeding of brother to sister

linebreeding: breeding of mother to son, grandmother to grandson, or more generally, two animals with the same "lines" in their ancestry. (Some breeders may have differing definitions.)

Examples:
Jared practiced a careful program of line breeding, selecting queens and studs from lines he knew to be representative of the type of cat he wanted to breed.

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