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Date Posted: 16:34:01 11/11/01 Sun
Author: Beverly
Subject: Re: GV's - tex vs vol
In reply to: Beverly 's message, "GVt's and Gene Pool Options" on 05:23:13 11/11/01 Sun

>I have been watching my 5 GVt's carefully, as it is
>nearing the breeding season, and I'm not sure of the
>advisability of allowing Mike to cover his daughters,
>or Atom his sisters or mother. Both Mike and Atom are
>looking good, as far as scrotal descent is concerned,
>and there is always the mock breeding hold among my
>friends, which I consider play, much like puppies, or
>even adult neutered dogs and bitches, will do. Both
>Mini and her daughters will greet the boys with nose
>touches, and when the boys progress to a mounting
>posture, the girls either just jump away, or sometime
>allow the boys to try an arm around, before either
>turning and playfully nipping, or jumping away.
>Occasionally, one of the boys will actually manage a
>mount, but the girls just pull them for a few inches,
>loosening their hold, and jumping ways. This is
>clearly play, but our fertile period is rapidly
>approaching, and my ? regards gene pool studies. Are
>you aware of any studies on either the wild GVt or
>domestic GTv pool structure. Once gone from the nest,
>one assumes the brood doesn't need to move to a
>different state. How often to kin breed, and are
>there any serious complications, not on the extreme
>ends of the spectrum, but as a rule? Many studies
>indicate that line breeding in humans is more taboo
>for social reasons, than genetics. Choosing mates
>outside one's immediate family not only reduced the
>possibility of genetic abnormalities gaining a
>stronghold, but increased both families' resources.
>This was true with the Neanderthals as well as the
>Tudors, so to speak! (Or perhaps I might say,
>Romanov's (please pardon the spelling...) The genetic
>"idiot" or "hemophiliac" is not actually common among
>line-bred humans. But the exception always makes the
>news, so to speak. Please advise. TYVM!
Another ? comes to mind. In my neck of the woods, Glaucomys Volan volans is the resident flying squirrel. Do they breed with Glaucomys Volan texensis w/o sterile offspring? For that matter, do they breed successfully, at all? If you know of any papers or studies on that subject, please advise!

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