>
> >The latest DNA stuff says we do not really know the wild type ancestor of
> the domestic horse. There is a pretty good chance there is no wild type
> left.
>
Dang--so much for that test...
It seems to me that there is a difference between recovery of some of the
wild-type genome when two inbred lines are crossed, and "reversion to wild
type." My question then is, how much of apparent heterosis is simply due
to that partial recovery?
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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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