--- David Scheidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 11:25 AM, Susan Koziel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Pretty much - the scarey thing about canines and > > genetics tho is that for all the variations you > see > > that are obviously genetic (ie:pomeranian vs > mastiff) > > geneticists still have huge problems actually > > genetically telling one breed from another (my > > understanding is they are a very homogeneous > > genetically). > > Speciation experts tend to plug their ears and sing > "Na Na. I can't > hear you." when dogs come up. There's still dispute > whether the > domestic dog is a different species from the wolf.
Not to mention the fact the endangered species categorizations of some of the more unusual canines is constantly in contention over such disputes. > > > > are working from. I wonder if any of the horse > > breeders have looked at crossing any of the lines > of > > race horses and draft horses? Maybe all the lines > > built for speed need to out cross to increase > hybrid > > vigor.... rather then continuously breeding the > > winners of races. > > People who breed for show and racing have pretty > serious limits on > what they can use. So even if they could produce > better horses by > going outside their boundaries, the rules don't let > them. Racehorses > have a bunch of congenital medical problems, that > some people would > like to breed out, and changes to the rules do get > proposed from time > to time. > That somehow seems wrong. You'd think that they'd want to keep to the roots of thier industry - which IIRC is land owners bringing in their horses and making bets on which ones run the fastest. (Yeah I know it's politics and money that keeps the rules as they are... but still.... ) -Sue _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
