RE: Re: Genetic diversity

peter.unmack at ASU.Edu
Tue, 08 Oct 1996 17:38:49 -0700 (MST)

On Tue, 8 Oct 1996 drews at webgate.net wrote:

> Peter- It seems to me or maybe it's just me but, perhaps this genetic diversity
> issue somehow got mixed up with maintenance of the fish in one's fishroom and
> the captive breeding of endangered/threatened species. Are they two separate
> issues?

Yes, they are seperate issues. One is important to me and the other is
not. :-)

> As for myself, i'm mostly concerned about keeping the best quality stock
> that I can

Define "best quality stock". I think for the average aquarist the best
way to maintain good stocks (if I am presuming you mean wild type) is to
just choose the best parents.

Tootles

Peter Unmack