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patricia sherman
at Tue Jan 6 12:52:00 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by patricia sherman ]
I have real problems with the use here of the term "strengthen the bloodline." Explain to me, please, how does it improve or strengthen the bloodline by outcrossing one subspecies to another, with the resulting progeny being nothing more than a fancy intergrade?
I could accept a term such a "flame ratsnake," similar to the term "bubblegum rat snake." This wouldn't imply that the animal was a pure subspecies. Inclusion of the Texas designation is flat-out misrepresentation of the animal's background.
tricia
>>The flame line is from outcrossing Leucistic Texas rats with everglades/yellow rats to strengthen the bloodline of the leucistic animals. The ancestors to the flame line originated with Kathy Love breeding Leucistic Texas rats to glades/yellow rats, although she didn't use the flame name. It was coined by someone else, perhaps the Zerkles or Tom Dew?
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>>kk ----- tricia
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