Hi everyone .. Im still in the excited phase of joining CCA so Im posting when ever it strikes me bare with me Ill calm down soon !
So I have seen allot members as I have checked out the site who keep hybrids and I wondered what CCA in general felt about hybrids as well as what other members thought .
I understand the purist perspective but often wonder how a purist feels about line breeding and selective breeding both betraying natural selection it must cause a moment of hmmmmmmm.
I have kept flowerhorns and various parrots as well as line bred and selective bred fish from discus to rams etc. At the end of the day it is all subjective but figured it was worth a conversation on here .
The fish below was my first flowerhorn he lived almost 7 yrs (not sure if that is outstanding or not but it impressed me ) He was first generation red dragon he was massive at 14 inches and was puppy dog tame to the point i would pet him and lift him out of the water .
the 2nd pic is my first parrots from happybreed.com
I pulled these definitions off the net as a reference
hybrid >In general usage, hybrid is synonymous with heterozygous: any offspring resulting from the mating of two genetically distinct individuals
a genetic hybrid carries two different alleles of the same gene
a structural hybrid results from the fusion of gametes that have differing structure in at least one chromosome, as a result of structural abnormalities
a numerical hybrid results from the fusion of gametes having different haploid numbers of chromosomes
a permanent hybrid is a situation where only the heterozygous genotype occurs, because all homozygous combinations are lethal.
From a taxonomic perspective, hybrid refers to:
Offspring resulting from the interbreeding between two animals or plants of different species.[2] See also hybrid speciation.
Hybrids between different subspecies within a species (such as between the Bengal tiger and Siberian tiger) are known as intra-specific hybrids. Hybrids between different species within the same genus (such as between lions and tigers) are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses. Hybrids between different genera (such as between sheep and goats) are known as intergeneric hybrids. Extremely rare interfamilial hybrids have been known to occur (such as the guineafowl hybrids).[3] No interordinal (between different orders) animal hybrids are known.
The third type of hybrid consists of crosses between populations, breeds or cultivars within a single species. This meaning is often used in plant and animal breeding, where hybrids are commonly produced and selected because they have desirable characteristics not found or inconsistently present in the parent individuals or populations. This flow of genetic material between populations or races is often called hybridization.
inbreeding is reproduction from the mating of pairs who are closely related genetically.[1] Inbreeding results in homozygosity, which can increase the chances of offspring being affected by recessive or deleterious traits.[2] This generally leads to a decreased fitness of a population,[3][4] which is called inbreeding depression. An individual who results from inbreeding is referred to as inbred. The avoidance of expression of deleterious recessive alleles caused by inbreeding is thought to be the main selective force maintaining the outcrossing aspect of sexual reproduction
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits.
So I have seen allot members as I have checked out the site who keep hybrids and I wondered what CCA in general felt about hybrids as well as what other members thought .
I understand the purist perspective but often wonder how a purist feels about line breeding and selective breeding both betraying natural selection it must cause a moment of hmmmmmmm.
I have kept flowerhorns and various parrots as well as line bred and selective bred fish from discus to rams etc. At the end of the day it is all subjective but figured it was worth a conversation on here .
The fish below was my first flowerhorn he lived almost 7 yrs (not sure if that is outstanding or not but it impressed me ) He was first generation red dragon he was massive at 14 inches and was puppy dog tame to the point i would pet him and lift him out of the water .
the 2nd pic is my first parrots from happybreed.com
I pulled these definitions off the net as a reference
hybrid >In general usage, hybrid is synonymous with heterozygous: any offspring resulting from the mating of two genetically distinct individuals
a genetic hybrid carries two different alleles of the same gene
a structural hybrid results from the fusion of gametes that have differing structure in at least one chromosome, as a result of structural abnormalities
a numerical hybrid results from the fusion of gametes having different haploid numbers of chromosomes
a permanent hybrid is a situation where only the heterozygous genotype occurs, because all homozygous combinations are lethal.
From a taxonomic perspective, hybrid refers to:
Offspring resulting from the interbreeding between two animals or plants of different species.[2] See also hybrid speciation.
Hybrids between different subspecies within a species (such as between the Bengal tiger and Siberian tiger) are known as intra-specific hybrids. Hybrids between different species within the same genus (such as between lions and tigers) are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses. Hybrids between different genera (such as between sheep and goats) are known as intergeneric hybrids. Extremely rare interfamilial hybrids have been known to occur (such as the guineafowl hybrids).[3] No interordinal (between different orders) animal hybrids are known.
The third type of hybrid consists of crosses between populations, breeds or cultivars within a single species. This meaning is often used in plant and animal breeding, where hybrids are commonly produced and selected because they have desirable characteristics not found or inconsistently present in the parent individuals or populations. This flow of genetic material between populations or races is often called hybridization.
inbreeding is reproduction from the mating of pairs who are closely related genetically.[1] Inbreeding results in homozygosity, which can increase the chances of offspring being affected by recessive or deleterious traits.[2] This generally leads to a decreased fitness of a population,[3][4] which is called inbreeding depression. An individual who results from inbreeding is referred to as inbred. The avoidance of expression of deleterious recessive alleles caused by inbreeding is thought to be the main selective force maintaining the outcrossing aspect of sexual reproduction
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits.
