I recently purchased snakes that are F2's. What does this
mean exactly?
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F2 what does this mean
burner
Feb 26, 2008 10:32 AM
Replies (3)
shannon brown
Feb 26, 2008 11:15 AM
the f is for first and then when its f1 its first generation from two wild caughts.So if you have f2s then its a pair of second generation (removed from the wild)animals that were produced from two f1s.
Shannon
metalpest
Mar 02, 2008 01:33 AM
Adding to Shannon's response, F2 indicates that they were born from siblings. I've heard genetic inbreeding problems in snakes show up around F4 or F5 generation, and I would say F2 are still reasonably strong blooded animals.
If bred to unrelated animals, you would have F1s again. I prefer to only call animals F1 if they came directly from wild stock though.
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dumje
Mar 02, 2008 11:45 AM
The F1 and F2 designations actually stand for 1st Filial...2nd Filial and so on.
When you breed any organism together the offspring are considered to be F1.
In order to get F2 you must breed F1 to F1.
In order to get F3 you must breed F2 to F2.
so yes it is inbreeding. But when doing genetic experiments it may be necessary. Inbreeding is not necesarily bad unless there is a bad trait that is hidden.
Also consider that most genetic morphs originated from 1 animal...so many reptiles that are morphs are related to each other in someway.
One last thing...the parents that produce the F1 generation are called the P generation or parental generation.
these are not opinions just facts...I myself try to outbreed as much as possible.
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Michael Enriquez
