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Re: [Killietalk] Re: Killietalk Digest, Vol 5, Issue 20
Thanks Larry!
Stan Perkins
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From: <BizEcology at aol_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Re: Killietalk Digest, Vol 5, Issue 20
> Actually, all of the swordtails, platies, and most of the mollies on the
> market today were the result of deliberate hybridization. You can't get a
pure
> xiphophorus of any species without going through dedicated hobby breeders
or
> collectors. While most of the green sailfin mollies are still M.
vellifora, the
> rest of them are hybrids within the genus.
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/14/2003 4:55:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
DMB91 at msn_com
> writes:
>
> << The guppies, bettas and swordtails you speak about are not genetically
> manipulated. They a sports of the original species. In the case of the
parrot
> fish, I will agree they are really ugly. But they are actually culls that
should
> have been destroyed. They're also a hybrid. The glofish have actual genes
from
> other organisms implanted into their biological make-up. This is totally
> different than what you describe with the bettas etc. >>
>
>
> Larry Tagrin
>
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