>>That some comercial opperations have failed to adapt a breeding strategy to insure the genetic variation of their stock is a simply matter of poor management.

Just picture the great breeding potential with 1,000 - 10,000 colonies? :)  Of course, the labor requirements would be prohibitive but the selection would be tremendous.

Waldemar

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