Re: Genetics

peter.unmack at ASU.Edu
Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:39:22 -0700 (MST)

On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Peter Hughes (X) wrote:

> What do you reckon is the genetic
> > status of the fish
> > you bred up from that bag of half-a-dozen siblings bought at
> > auction a few
> > years ago, compared to the wild stock?
>
> That is relatively easy to answer for brother sister pairings and the
> answer is not so good.

Not neccessarily, see my previous post.

> country maintain certain species broodstocks, ie population 1, 2, 3 etc,
> periodicaly they should send eggs to the next person in the list ie 2

Eggs is not a very good way to do it. A better way is to swap sexes if
you really want to mix up the gene pool.

Peter Unmack