This message is from: Gail Russell <g...@zeliga.com>
gen·o·type ËjenÉËtÄ«p,ËjÄnÉËtÄ«p/ *noun* BIOLOGY 1. *1*. the genetic constitution of an individual organism. *verb* 1. *1*. investigate the genetic constitution of (an individual organism). "the person appointed will be responsible for maintaining and genotyping many different lines of zebra fish" So...what about dog breeders who are doing genetic testing for everything under the sun, while preserving the phenotype that wins them ribbons. Would that work? (I think I remember you saying once before, "NO," because we cannot test for a broad enough set of genetic markers? Gail On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 2:08 PM, ruth bushnell <fjo...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > This message is from: "ruth bushnell" <fjo...@frontiernet.net> > > > ...<>...Ruthie, how do we follow the path you are talking about having > huge numbers > of horses that are physical or temperament disasters? Seems like the best > idea would be to bring back the sausage factory down the street, as they > have in Norway ?...<> > I do not think our economy will ever again allow massive > numbers of horses to be bred and live long lives, no matter their quality. > It does seem like a culling system is in order. Ruthie, do you think the > old Norwegian culling system would have worked...with maybe more emphasis > on temperament and working ability, and less on good looks and perfect > conformation. ....<> > > Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------- > > WE PROBABLY shouldn't go there, to the sausage topic, hah. > > Now this is sacrilegious, no doubt, but more than likely proverbial Norway > knew less > about maintaining a genetically balanced gene pool than we currently > appear to know today. > In fact, much of our misguided breeding dogma came on down from that era. > > Of course it will be argued that they have done a splendid job of bringing > our beloved Fjords > down to us today, and while this is true, they could have done better yet > in preserving all original > blood strands, had they been given the same genetic technology that we > have available to us today. > > Through DNA mapping and professional genetic breeding schemes, we could > advance the breed > survival expectancy far beyond the hapless course we are set upon > today--that of selective > breeding for phenotype only without thought for future genotype, and the > breed's long term > survival through genetic diversity. > > Ruthie > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
