Wild individuals or offspring from a wild occuring mating are founders. Offspring from a non-related pair from a captive mating are F1. Offspring from a sibling pair mating are F2, 2nd generation offspring from those would be F3 and so on... Does this help clarify it for you?

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• F1 or wild caught? - westtexas, Wed Jul 13 02:17:49 2005
• RE: F1 or wild caught? - bobassetto, Wed Jul 13 10:01:02 2005
• RE: F1 or wild caught? - ectimaeus, Wed Jul 13 10:27:19 2005
• You are correct, Eric - Robert Haase, Wed Jul 13 10:37:33 2005
• RE: still not clear - westtexas, Wed Jul 13 11:26:28 2005
• RE: still not clear - Robert Haase, Wed Jul 13 12:42:02 2005
• RE: still not clear - brad anderson, Wed Jul 13 14:49:15 2005