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Posted by: Mahlon at Thu Dec 7 11:53:06 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Mahlon ]

Just thought I'd chime in real quick,

You said this, "Generally incest/inbreeding causes genetic problems in future offspring, and I'm assuming it's the same with snakes."

The problem lies in the assumption above, that inbreeding causes genetic problems. It DOES NOT CAUSE deformities, it only increases the likelihood of the inherent deformities being expressed, since homozygous pairs are much more likely within close breeding populations (Ie Mother X Son, Father X Daughter, Brother X Sister, etc.)

Hope this clears this up for you,

Dan

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Inbreeding? - Dragonflychaser, Wed Dec 6 21:54:37 2006

RE: Inbreeding? - HappyHillbilly, Thu Dec 7 00:35:26 2006

RE: Inbreeding? - idealreptiles, Thu Dec 7 00:48:17 2006

RE: Inbreeding? - Herpout, Thu Dec 7 01:18:48 2006

RE: Inbreeding? - joshhutto, Thu Dec 7 11:33:28 2006

RE: Inbreeding? - Dragonflychaser, Thu Dec 7 12:26:28 2006

re: bobble-heads - idealreptiles, Thu Dec 7 14:10:47 2006

re: bobble-heads - blowitch, Thu Dec 7 14:37:32 2006

cat - idealreptiles, Thu Dec 7 15:23:30 2006

RE: cat - Dragonflychaser, Thu Dec 7 18:54:35 2006

re: bobble-heads - joshhutto, Thu Dec 7 17:02:07 2006

re: bobble-heads LOL!!!! - idealreptiles, Fri Dec 8 00:29:02 2006

re: bobble-heads LOL!!!! - Herpout, Fri Dec 8 02:10:31 2006

Inbreeding does not = worsened condition - Mahlon, Fri Dec 8 14:50:50 2006

Humans have been around for 10,000 yrs?? - rwoodyer, Fri Dec 8 12:15:01 2006

RE: Humans have been around for 10,000 yrs?? - Dragonflychaser, Fri Dec 8 14:20:00 2006

RE: Humans have been around for 10,000 y - rwoodyer, Sun Dec 10 23:46:16 2006

It all just depends.... - -ryan-, Thu Dec 7 11:43:52 2006

Actually, you have a few misconceptions. - Mahlon, Thu Dec 7 11:53:06 2006

RE: Actually, you have a few misconceptions. - Dragonflychaser, Thu Dec 7 12:31:12 2006

RE: Actually, you have a few misconceptions. - Mahlon, Thu Dec 7 12:58:23 2006

RE: Actually, you have a few misconceptions. - coldthumb, Thu Dec 7 14:36:05 2006

RE: Actually, you have a few misconceptions. - Dragonflychaser, Thu Dec 7 18:50:37 2006

artwork - Dragonflychaser, Thu Dec 7 18:50:18 2006

Clarification - HappyHillbilly, Thu Dec 7 14:40:39 2006

RE: Clarification - jyohe, Thu Dec 7 17:19:09 2006

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