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BLUE TIGER
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:55 am
by csmike
Hi all,
I got a blue (dark blue on body, and orangy tail and head) tiger female. She has eggs with my regular tiger. Is it possible I can do selective breeding on her off spring to get a true blue tiger?
Cheers
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:18 am
by fugly
you can do anything with selective breeding provided the offspring maintains the traits you are aiming to keep.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:41 pm
by csmike
I wonder how many generations before I can see most of the offspring in blue?
Diagram:
regular tiger male & blue tiger female
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tigers with blue genes (generation #1)
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generation#1 inbreed
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blue and regular off springs (generation #2)
.......repeating inbreed process by taking out the non blue tigers
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:15 pm
by fugly
no idea, but i would imagine it'd take several generations before the trait is maintained (5-6?).
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:21 pm
by csmike
Thank you and it is gonna take a long time .....
