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Reconstructing the Quagga

March 30, 2010 by SWestfall3

Posted in wildlife | Tagged plains zebra, quagga | 1 Comment

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on March 30, 2010 at 2:42 pm Sengimage

I don’t feel the theory of once its lost its gone applies to dogs. Since, its clear that the formula for the breeds lies in the mixing of previous results to achieve a new one.

The process for the majority of the breeds was in no way through natural selection and if you can attain the look and feel to establish the foundation stock then you can bring back a breed of dog. The gameness and the drive can also be solved through further selection.

Perhaps if there was not only a process of selective breeding for type but also an influx of genes from another subspecies then the Quagga would in fact have a likeness along with a closer makeup genetically to what it once was.

Its not a way to correct the wrong that humanity served in its extinction but if there is a niche that the animal served in nature, it possibly serves a better purpose to fill that void that was left open. Like a house of cards relying on everything to be in place, everything in nature is affected when one species is removed. However subtle or extreme it is.

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