RE: Heterozygosity and Rainbows

peter.unmack at ASU.Edu
Tue, 04 Jun 1996 18:06:46 -0700 (MST)

On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Bruce Hansen wrote:

> Easier for sure but how do we know, given the limited range of =
> environmental challenging we provide in our captive situation, that we =
> aren't ditching some valuable genes that the species may need for =
> survival in a differing environment? Just for the sake of the discussion =
> :-)

None of us will ever be around long enough to tell. :-) I
would rather knowingly get rid of bad genes with the associated risk of
also losing some good genes than keep them.

Peter Unmack