Sentences with phrase «purebred genetic line»
Some dog DNA kits can confirm that your dog does indeed come from a purebred genetic line.
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The research, published in August in BMC Genomics, compared owner reports of a pet's behavior and genetic data from 30 purebred lines to discover the 16 genome regions.
Breeds with lines absent of any genetic diversity, are sadly seen all too often in so many of todays purebreds, which are riddled with serious health issues, due to * breeder ignorance * and * kennel blindness *.
The closer the generations come together the more consistency there will be in the lines, but the genetic problems of the purebreds are more likely to reappear, and hybrid vigor diminishes.
On the other hand, breeders who are producing mixed breeds might have a bias against purebreds because they believe the rate of inbreeding and line breeding in a closed gene pool (when breeders stick to only breeding dogs registered with a specific kennel club, that breed's gene pool is most likely closed) will create a genetic bottleneck.
Despite the fact that breeders run the risk of attaining permanent and undesirable characteristics in their lines, they inbreed their Pugs to achieve the «genetic purity» that people demand in purebred Pugs.
The loss of genetic diversity in purebred dogs can be attributed to two major population bottleneck events: the first occurring during domestication; and the second arising from breed formation where the repeated use of popular sires, line breeding, breeding for specific phenotypic traits, and promotion of the breed barrier rule, contributed to overall loss in genetic variation [15 - 19].
As with any purebred line of dogs or any hybrid dog breed combination, there are inherited genetic problems that can occur.
We think it is beneficial to the future of the breed (and more merciful for the dogs) to breed from health - tested purebred lines that are free from the most common genetic health problems.