Malakyoma
Well-known member
This is something that crossed my head while thinking about inbreeding and strong/weak bloodlines and such.
With every breeding a lot of things can happen to make the genetic code more different from the parents. Crossing over, random mutations, etc. So I was wondering how long it would take for two bloodlines that started at the same ooth to randomly change enough for it to be like they aren't related, and be able to mate and produce strong children.
Lets say you have one ooth hatch, and you make 2 breeding pairs from the nymphs of that ooth. And then you inbreed every generation following, so nymphs from pair A never again mate with nymphs from pair B. Would, after ten generations or so, nymphs from pair A and B be genetically different enough, thanks to random mutations and crossing over and all the other processes which shuffle genes and genetics, to mate and produce as if they were not related?
An application for this is easy to see. If some species of mantis only had nymphs from one ooth enter culture originally, and half those nymphs went to the UK and the other half to the US, and its been 10 or 20 generations since that original ooth, breeding the UK stock with the US stock may produce a stronger bloodline than breeding US with US or UK with UK.
Tell me what you think. I'd love to hear it (ESPECIALLY those working or studying in fields of biology and other sciences. Mime454 and Digger for example.)
With every breeding a lot of things can happen to make the genetic code more different from the parents. Crossing over, random mutations, etc. So I was wondering how long it would take for two bloodlines that started at the same ooth to randomly change enough for it to be like they aren't related, and be able to mate and produce strong children.
Lets say you have one ooth hatch, and you make 2 breeding pairs from the nymphs of that ooth. And then you inbreed every generation following, so nymphs from pair A never again mate with nymphs from pair B. Would, after ten generations or so, nymphs from pair A and B be genetically different enough, thanks to random mutations and crossing over and all the other processes which shuffle genes and genetics, to mate and produce as if they were not related?
An application for this is easy to see. If some species of mantis only had nymphs from one ooth enter culture originally, and half those nymphs went to the UK and the other half to the US, and its been 10 or 20 generations since that original ooth, breeding the UK stock with the US stock may produce a stronger bloodline than breeding US with US or UK with UK.
Tell me what you think. I'd love to hear it (ESPECIALLY those working or studying in fields of biology and other sciences. Mime454 and Digger for example.)
