Hi Randy

I think the problem is this: we are talking about inbred populations and the individuals produced by these populations. Obviously if a population is inbred, then the chances for homozygous pairings is increased. That is, the parents are too much alike. This can be offset by outcrossing where the parents are very different and the resulting offspring is heterogenous. 

The question remains: do individuals of inbred populations differ from individuals from heterogenous populations? If so, their individual genomes would be distinct in some way from the individual genomes in heterogenous populations. They would be characterized as lacking genomic diversity, and have a high level of deleterious mutations as well. 

Pete

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