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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1783048" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>There are numerous research articles on long term isolated herds/flocks of red deer and also Soay sheep. Some tight inbreeding. I can give you links if you want to read. In intense linebreeding you are merely finding the animals/genes that can stand the pressure. </p><p></p><p>This is an old thread. The repeat question is Why? In your case of a mistake, I'd never bat an eye and expect something as a keeper. </p><p></p><p>I have seen good and bad. The bad is most obvious: small cattle without average function, sterility, undesirable traits... This is with chickens, sheep and cattle. I still linebreed but with a goal(s) and know which animals, if they are still here, do better with an outcross.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1783048, member: 24565"] There are numerous research articles on long term isolated herds/flocks of red deer and also Soay sheep. Some tight inbreeding. I can give you links if you want to read. In intense linebreeding you are merely finding the animals/genes that can stand the pressure. This is an old thread. The repeat question is Why? In your case of a mistake, I'd never bat an eye and expect something as a keeper. I have seen good and bad. The bad is most obvious: small cattle without average function, sterility, undesirable traits... This is with chickens, sheep and cattle. I still linebreed but with a goal(s) and know which animals, if they are still here, do better with an outcross. [/QUOTE]
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