Bedbugs can thrive despite inbreeding, study finds - San Francisco Chronicle
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Bedbugs can thrive despite inbreeding, study finds
San Francisco Chronicle It turns out that unlike most creatures, bedbugs are able to inbreed with close relatives and still produce generally healthy offspring. That means that if just a few bedbugs survive in a building after treatment, they repopulate ... Genetics Explain How Bedbugs Infest a Building--or a Country Bedbugs thrive despite incestuous ways Researchers say inbred bedbugs can thrive, that single female can lead to ... |

