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just as I said....

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Posted by: lilgemsmice at Sun Oct 16 22:55:52 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lilgemsmice ]  
   

it is theoretically possible to breed out all genes from one of the parental species, just as it is possible to breed out all of the genes of any specific ancestor whether hybrid or pure. The problem is knowing which individuals carry one or more genes from the ancestor in question. (Again, as I said, there are no tests to analyze the entire genome of each snake to be sure each and every gene from the opposing specie has been bred out.) With enough breeding, it will eventually happen, you just won't know when and in which individual.

Purists cringe at the thought of someone attempting to do this because of the "tainting" of their gene pools. You may never know just by looking at the snakes, but if people start to randomly breed hybrids back to parent species just to make "pure looking" hybrids, then there will be the inevitable "taint" of the pure gene pools. I just wonder "why" would anyone bother doing that? It adds to the animosity we receive from Purists, and it seems (to me) to serve no benefit....

While I respect the purist breeders right to keep their lines "pure", I want equal respect to breed the snakes of my choice. We should all be able to work together for the future of all captive reptiles, but I grow increasingly doubtful that will ever happen.


   

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