06-12-2003, 04:35 AM
Thank you gvanzant,
Yes, I hit some sites that had discussions on how certain strains were developed. As I'm sure you're familiar, the dominate species, and the species from which traits are going to be extracted (be engineered with), can often only produce a viable varient when the male and female counterparts are matched correctly. The Tiger Trout, as an example, is made using a female Brown Trout and a male Brook Trout. The other way around gets you nothing or a genetic mess. Lots of other examples of, not selective breeding, but male/female gene swapping too. Seems like it's a brave, but not too careful world out there! ha ha
Again, thank you for the input and hope to read more of your always interesting contributions.
JapanRon
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