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Clarificaiton--Crossing parent to offspring vs. crossing 2 siblings
Why is sibling/sibling mating potentially riskier than parent/offspring mating? Parent/offspring mating is always related exactly 50%. Sibling/sibling mating has the potential to be anything from 0% to 98% meaning that the siblings potentially can share a much higher percentage of genes. On a...- DarJones
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Clarificaiton--Crossing parent to offspring vs. crossing 2 siblings
Your basic question seems to be what effect inbreeding has and how to mitigate. Inbreeding is deliberately mating closely related individuals with the intent to stabilize specific traits. It is currently the only effective method for developing stable lines meaning lines that breed pure for...- DarJones
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- Forum: Exhibition, Genetics, & Breeding to the SOP