Inbreeding?

[Shaffer]

Do breeders do this? Does this have any affect on the offspring? Just curious...

[Kilo]

Do breeders do this? Does this have any affect on the offspring? Just curious...

Are you refering to "insest"(sp)? Say a Sire and Dame breed... then you take an offspring raise it and breed it back to one of the parents. Yes breeders do it... I think the only effect on the offspring is keeping the bloodline beautifull!

[Shaffer]

yeah, and that has no affect on the clutches health/attitude? what about brother to sister?

[Evan Jamison]

All inbreeding really does is concentrate the genes. This is not inherently bad, but if there are unwanted recessive genes in the mix (e.g. kinked spine or other deformity etc.) they will also be concentrated in the line. Line breeding is necessary to prove out some traits, and most breeders do it to some degree. Bringing new blood into a line (outcrossing) helps diversify the gene pool in a breeding group, but if an unwanted genetic deformity does pop up, it will not just go away. It will remain with a portion of the animals from that line indefinitely. One example is bugeye in texas ratsnakes. Even though most breeders cull the bugeyes, or sell them as non-breeder pets, all the normal offspring are potential carriers for the trait. Hope this helps .


-Evan

[Shaffer]

Awesome. Thanks for the clarification.

[joepythons]

Evan has explained it very well .

[stangs13]

All inbreeding really does is concentrate the genes. This is not inherently bad, but if there are unwanted recessive genes in the mix (e.g. kinked spine or other deformity etc.) they will also be concentrated in the line. Line breeding is necessary to prove out some traits, and most breeders do it to some degree. Bringing new blood into a line (outcrossing) helps diversify the gene pool in a breeding group, but if an unwanted genetic deformity does pop up, it will not just go away. It will remain with a portion of the animals from that line indefinitely. One example is bugeye in texas ratsnakes. Even though most breeders cull the bugeyes, or sell them as non-breeder pets, all the normal offspring are potential carriers for the trait. Hope this helps .


-Evan

gold star for Evan!!

[jwjjj56565]

Do breeders do this? Does this have any affect on the offspring? Just curious...

Just found this about inbreeding....I think it explains alot.
http://www.vmsherp.com/LCInbreeding.htm

jwjjj

[Sapphire7]

Somewhere down the line inbreeding starts to take affect on the animals...

[wildlifewarrior]

Thats why you gotta outcross to keep the diversity high


wildlifewarrior