:) Yep. Those are pretty good stats to work from. I was thinking dogs and IQ breeding... but that's rather harder to quantify. Thanks. Horses are a good example of selective but not molecular breeding. -Sue
--- Jeff Murrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Susan Koziel wrote: > > > > There are indications with animal breeds that the > same > > effect occurs - that each species has a max level > > within it's genome for certain things like size, > IQ, > > speed, etc. Much of these maximums have to do > which > > the sheer physical nature of our parts. > > Thoroughbred horses are an example of this. > Historically the average times > of all race horses has been increasing but the > record times have not > increased significantly. > > In the Ky. Derby for example Secretariat's 1973 > record of 1:59 2/5 still > stands. The previous record was Northern Dancer's > 1964 time of 2:00. The > record in 1900 was 2:06 1/4. So in over 100 years > (c.20+ generations) > maximum speed has increased by 5.7%. > > Jeff > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.12/1245 - > Release Date: 1/26/2008 > 3:45 PM > > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
