In the process certain individuals, usually males, will become disproportionately represented in
the breed gene pool.
Over time and generations, the frequency of the mutation will reduce without sacrificing valuable traits those dogs may have or severely restricting
the breed gene pool.
This risks fragmenting
the breed gene pool if tail types are deemed «correct» or «faulty» depending on the country in which the dog resides.
Crossbred animals would have very great difficulty surviving in the show -
breeding gene pool — they would find it difficult to win or produce offspring who could.
Not exact matches
Wouldn't natural selection be more tuned towards finding the healthiest, most handsome, «richest»
gene pool to
breed with?
Instead, we run around du mbing the
gene pool down,
breeding with the neanderthals.
I hope one day that weak minded deluded people are
bred out of the
gene pool.
As a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the
gene of interest is not found within the crop
gene pool, 2) if found in the
gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other
breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the
gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconut.
In Southern Europe, there may be more opportunities arising from some of the «brown
breeds» with high initial levels of the A2
gene, but it will still be very hard to put together large
pools of A2 milk.
Researchers and conservationists plan to use the animal's genome to selectively
breed diverse individuals, widening the
gene pool and making future generations more resistant to diseases.
Part of this will involve extensive
breeding programs (which work better in desert regions than in jungles, where there are lots of wild bees messing up the
gene pool) and part will involve educating beekeepers and fighting a stereotype that African bees are always bad and European ones good.
For example, male zebrafish with more numerous or more effective
breeding ornaments — and thus lower regenerative potential — might contribute more to the
gene pool, phasing out regenerative potential over generations.
Martonvásár Development of new generic plant genotypes to satisfy the needs of the future, based on an internationally acknowledged plant
gene pool, and using up - to - date genetic, physiological, cell and reproduction biological, functional genomic, biotechnological, plant
breeding and crop production methods.
When revived and
breeding, they will enrich the ferret
gene pool by increasing the number of founders of the current population from 7 to 9.
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In Japan, these dogs are respected and considered healthier and smarter as they come from a bigger
gene pool than most pure
breeds,» explains the Japanese - born permanent resident, who has been residing in our sunny island for 19 years.
The available
gene pool is, of course, the great equalizer that levels the playing field in our quest to
breed dogs that meet the
breed standard, as any of us can only achieve as much success in that quest as the available
gene pool allows.
For many years, breeders have crossed the Sphynx cat
breed with cats of normal coat and therefore have a strong
gene pool.
The large
gene pool available in establishing this
breed and careful, informed
breeding practices have helped insure this.
A number of different
breeds contributed to the
gene pool of the Rhodesian Ridgeback including the Bloodhound, Greyhound, Pointer, Mastiff, Airedale, and Africa's Hottentot Dog, among others.
David Alderton decodes your dog's heritage by «unwinding» the twisted
gene pool of cross
breeding to identify just which pure
bred dogs appear in the «mutt».
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«When you lessen the
gene pool you open the
breed up to the possibility of auto - immune - related diseases,» said a club spokeswoman.
Less popular
breeds would have smaller
gene pools.
Breeders find that it narrows the
gene pool from which they can select dogs to
breed.
When the
breed drew the attention of British fanciers, Italian Greyhounds were added to the
gene pool to produce the clean, graceful lines of the modern Whippet.
The purpose of selective
breeding such as this was to create a genetically sound cat with a large
gene pool and hybrid vigor.
So a
breed with a smaller
gene pool (and thus less genetic variation) would be more likely to have a recessive disorder.
Some people believe that mixed
breeds are inherently healthier than purebreds because there is a larger
gene pool to draw from.
Hyperuricemia in Dalmatians (as in all
breeds) is inherited, but unlike other
breeds, the «normal»
gene is not present in the Dalmatian
breed's
gene pool.
Purebred are far more prone to albinism because they are
bred within a restricted
gene pool.
The conclusions from the seminar were (a) don't throw out the COMMD1 test and (b) as a numerically small
breed we can not afford to restrict the
gene pool.
It actually makes them HEALTHIER not to be
bred)- blah blah blah A GOOD breeder
breeds a specific dog because they LOVE the
breed and want to better it by ruling out any negative
genes in the
pool.
Though some say that mixed
breed dogs are inherently healthier than pure
breeds simply because they have a larger
gene pool, if both parent
breeds are prone to the same diseases a mixed
breed will have a higher risk for getting those diseases.
The selection of certain traits is achieved only by generations of careful
breeding, discarding dogs that don't have the desired qualities and narrowing the
gene pool until the right combinations occur with regularity.
However, the
gene pool for purebred cats is pretty small, which colors all
breeding considerations.
If one sees a similar disease in one of the
breeds which originally contributed to the TFT
gene pool it would be interesting to determine whether it is the same mutation causing it.
In an attempt to inject some healthy diversity back into the
breed's
gene pool, Swiss breeders have begun crossing the English bulldog with a
breed from the US, known as «The Olde English Bulldogge».
The future availability of pets, the perpetuation of the dog fancy, the health of the individual dogs and the
gene pools of the
breeds that we love may all depend on keeping a few more dogs intact!
The nature of
breeding for the show ring involves intense selection that severely narrows the
gene pool in many, if not most,
breeds.
While the differences between the
breeds are slight, most professional breeders such as the American Kennel Club and the United Kennel Club eschew mixing the
gene pools, and treat the two lineages as distinct.
Plus, we know that purebred dogs can be sensibly more at risk with inherited medical conditions because they are all coming from the very same closed
gene pool of the few dogs that started the
breed.
When new
breeds come out it is very common to have a very high laxity in the hips giving a high number and if using only the OFA method a new
breed could be eliminated instantly if all the dogs were eliminated from the
gene pool from a failed OFA reading.
The Cavalier, as a purebred dog, comes from generations and generations of
breeding dogs with a common
gene pool giving a predictable characteristic appearance, temperament and function.
This is because they are
bred from a relatively narrow
gene pool and inbreeding often occurs, meaning
genes that cause disease are passed down through the generations.
In general, pedigree
breeds use a much smaller
gene pool for
breeding than domestic cats and therefore have a higher risk of developing inherited disorders.
Well, it would have spared Clay and Zorro from being affected, and certainly that would have been a good thing, but what would have been the overall affect on the
gene pool for the
breed?
Outcrossing is still actively done to insure a healthy
breed with a wide and diverse
gene pool, and it is working!
The early years of the
breed involved a fairly small
gene pool, so the risk for hereditary conditions is worth considering for this
breed.