Can you breed brother and sister panther chameleon?

[JoshD49]

If that happens in the wild (like all other animals) I believe natural selection happens with the healthy ones moving on and the ones with issues dying out. In captivity people try to keep as many alive as possible which can include the ones that have slight issues that would otherwise not make it in the wild.

 

[Calummaty Jane]

If that happens in the wild (like all other animals) I believe natural selection happens with the healthy ones moving on and the ones with issues dying out. In captivity people try to keep as many alive as possible which can include the ones that have slight issues that would otherwise not make it in the wild.

That's true, so inbred animals are "removed" from the gene pool only if they have some maladaptive trait. If not, then they continue on. So, cheetahs, for example, are highly inbred and have been for some time (not directly as a consequence of modern pressures on habitat or hunting from humans).

https://phys.org/news/2015-12-genetics-african-cheetah.html