[Jacob-list] In-breeding

[Neal and Louise Grose]

Keep in mind that ALL Jacob sheep were incredibly inbred until we got 
started mixing bloodlines. I credit the lack of noticeable birth defects to 
this. I think that many of the defects that we would have seen were culled 
long ago.

My guess is that 6.4 inbreeding in Jacob sheep is an impossibly low goal if 
you look back enough generations.

Neal
"Invention does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos" Mary 
Shelly

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Subject: [Jacob-list] In-breeding


> Hi all, how much in-breeding is to much? is 6.4 to much?
> Thanks
> Marie
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