Of course you'd probably get some that would argue to the contrary. But to me, pure = 100%. No matter how many breedings, you'd never reach 100% with your example. You could get to 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999%, but you'd still never be at 100%.

The problem comes in when some people start making their own rules. For example, the suri x col albinos. I've seen on the classifieds people offering "suriname albinos" but they're obviously not, to someone w/ an educated eye or knowledge of the history of the species and the market. But what about the novice hobbyist who happens to be looking to drop a decent amount of money on an initial pair of animals. They've seen albinos, they've seen surinames, but they've heard that suriname albinos are very rare. Well, they see someone offering them and decide to purchase them and never ask (because they assume complete honesty) or are never told they're not pure. They keep these animals for a few years never learning any better and produce some babies and begin to sell them. This happens right around the time that there IS some success w/ the pure suriname albino and now we've got an arguing match as well as distrust and possibly some ruined reputations. I guess the point is that no matter how pure a person thinks something is, they should refrain from calling it pure unless it's 100% w/ no rounding.
jb
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Jonathan Brady
"Sarcasm is angers ugly cousin" -Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) in "Anger Management".

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• Since Gentics are on the brain - DavidKendrick, Sun Sep 17 12:21:47 2006
• RE: Since Gentics are on the brain - Daniel Klopson, Sun Sep 17 13:21:36 2006
• It would never be pure... - Jonathan_Brady, Sun Sep 17 13:45:34 2006
• Daniel and Jonathan covered my points... - ChrisGilbert, Sun Sep 17 13:54:37 2006
• maybe in 25 generations . . . - slithering_serpents, Tue Sep 19 12:56:26 2006