On 18/04/2012 11:29 PM, Mike S wrote: > weaknesses you have in mind. The ones that I am familiar with were from > selecting for non measurable and or non commercial traits. > > The example that comes to my mind is hip displasia in some of the large breeds of dogs. Once had a GREAT German Shepherd that had a mild case of that. Was told that it was due to inbreeding in the breed in the past. This is the point I was making. See my original comment above. Geoff Manning *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm