What about Dalmatians and uric acid? All the best, Susan Cochran
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Mickelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: [CKCS-L] more on genetic diversity > > No breeding philosophy is any better or worse than the person practicing > > it. No matter whether you outcross, inbreed or do a little of both, if > > you don't know what you're doing, and you don't know how to select from > > what you produce, you will never be successful for longer than can be > > accounted for by sheer luck. > > A small gene pool is only a problem if every single dog in the breed has, > > and is "pure for," the exact same genetic problem. > > I'm not sure this is even possible, much less if it has ever happened in > > a breed. Even genetic traits that breeders are selecting FOR are not > > completely consistent across a breed. > > Some breeds have been around for a VERY long time and have gone thru > > bottlenecks and not had much of a gene pool, yet the breed keeps trucking > > along. > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
