[gurps] BioTech-- Eugenics Question

[David Scheidt]

On Jan 29, 2008 11:25 AM, Susan Koziel <kataryna_dragonweaver at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
>
> Pretty much - the scarey thing about canines and
> genetics tho is that for all the variations you see
> that are obviously genetic (ie:pomeranian vs mastiff)
> geneticists still have huge problems actually
> genetically telling one breed from another (my
> understanding is they are a very homogeneous
> genetically).

Speciation experts tend to plug their ears and sing "Na Na.  I can't
hear you." when dogs come up.  There's still dispute whether the
domestic dog is a different species from the wolf.
>
> are working from. I wonder if any of the horse
> breeders have looked at crossing any of the lines of
> race horses and draft horses? Maybe all the lines
> built for speed need to out cross to increase hybrid
> vigor.... rather then continuously breeding the
> winners of races.

People who breed for show and racing have pretty serious limits on
what they can use.  So even if they could produce better horses by
going outside their boundaries, the rules don't let them.  Racehorses
have a bunch of congenital medical problems, that some people would
like to breed out, and changes to the rules do get proposed from time
to time.

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David Scheidt
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