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re lauren-001 -
I think given enough dogs, a limitless supply of cash and a properly focussed goal that any good breeder could produce a genuine "new" breed in 20-30 years.
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the hard part is getting them to breed *true* - to have pups who look just like parents, not necessarily clones, but so similar they can be visually IDd as _____ .
actually changing looks or behavior can be INCREDIBLY fast -
*balyaev* only selected for tameness, and pretty crudely, too, yet he had visually recognizable foxes who were domesticated in only 10 years time; the more altered appearances came later, the human-affiliative behavior was a very rapid change.
cheers,
--- terry
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terry pride, APDT-Aus, apdt#1827, CVA, TDF
*wolves R wolves, dogs R dogs, + primates R us.*
tmp, sept-2007
