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I think you're throwing out the baby with the bathwater in that approach. Purebreds carry common genetic weaknesses. They also carry common genetic strengths.
by fixermark 10y ago
I think you're throwing out the baby with the bathwater in that approach.
Purebreds carry common genetic weaknesses. They also carry common genetic strengths. How confident are we that we can preserve the strengths as we mitigate the weaknesses?
- maxxxxx 10y agoAgain, imagine we bred humans that need to have their back shaped in a certain form, nose of a certain length and so on. It won't work in the long run. Even worse, they breed for genetic defects like the hips on German shepherds. You can select maybe for certain personalities or physical attributes but you need to allow for other variations. The guidelines for purebreds are just stupid.