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Inbreeding snake (Common Misconceptions)

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Posted by: DDedrick at Mon Feb 23 21:23:59 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DDedrick ]  
   

Inbreeding hogs in never a good ideal!!

Example

pastel pinks

evans/lazik hypos

and the 1st 10 years with the common albino line we have today..

these same mistakes were made and look how were paying for them today. Hogs do not tolerate inbreeding.

((Common Misconceptions))
"In-breeding causes genetic diseases" - (NO)Breeding closely related animals increases the possibility that any bad genes in a line will show up.(YES) It does not 'cause' genetic disease.
"Out-crossed snakes are healthier" - This is only partly true. There is a known phenomenon called Hybrid Vigor. Two animals of unrelated strains breed and the offspring is often bigger and grows faster than it's linebread cousins. This method is often used by farmers in order to get their animals to market sooner But one of the biggest misconceptions of hybrid vigor is that it applies to all animals of mixed heritage. Hybrid Vigor only applies to the animals that are the direct offspring of the crossing of the unrelated strains. In other words if you continue to breed animals of different strains there generally will not be any additional increase in hybrid vigor. If the unrelated strains share common genes for genetic disorders, hybrid vigor will not over ride the risk of the disorder showing up. Out-crossing can also cause problems if widely divergent physical types are mixed due to differences in growth rates and bone and muscle sizes. So I think just this one time will be ok. I am certainly not discounting the fact that an excess of inbreeding has lead to certain problems in certain lines, and I have no intention of making a habit of inbreeding my snakes. I just don't see one time to be the demise of my entire line. But I certainly appreciate the input and your concern.
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D.Dedrick

   

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