keysong
Well-Known Member
BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING ELSE:
I do not breed rats. I do not support breeding rats unless there is prior research done. I do not plan on ever breeding rats.
Now that that's over and done with, my question:
Why is it that you have to study rat genetics so carefully? It seems that if a rat doesn't have very good lineage, it's almost guaranteed that they'll get violently sick or something else horrible. What confuses me is that you don't have to worry about that with people - it's unlikely that there'll be something wrong with your child even if you didn't study your genetics before you got pregnant. And it's the same thing with dogs, except even more extreme. Purebred dogs usually have worse health than dogs that are mutts. Why is this? I find it awfully confusing.
I do not breed rats. I do not support breeding rats unless there is prior research done. I do not plan on ever breeding rats.
Now that that's over and done with, my question:
Why is it that you have to study rat genetics so carefully? It seems that if a rat doesn't have very good lineage, it's almost guaranteed that they'll get violently sick or something else horrible. What confuses me is that you don't have to worry about that with people - it's unlikely that there'll be something wrong with your child even if you didn't study your genetics before you got pregnant. And it's the same thing with dogs, except even more extreme. Purebred dogs usually have worse health than dogs that are mutts. Why is this? I find it awfully confusing.