Re: how do you call...

[salS <chas33@optonline.net>]

Helen,
Right or wrong, that has been my understanding also.
sal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Burns" <helen.burns@bigwig.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: how do you call...


> It seems the rules are very different "over the pond" than here in the
U.K.
> We don't refer to a Wild Caught as F0 - it is simply W/C .  The fry from a
> W/C pair are F1's then their offspring are F2's.  Rarely do we then note
F3,
> F4 etc.
> The fry bred from a W/C and F1 are referred to as F1/F2.
> I personally would be very displeased if I had paid good money for fish if
> they were labelled say F1 if they had not been bred from a Wild Caught
pair.
> Helen
>
>
> > My understanding of F numbers is that it has nothing to do with wild
> caught or
> > domestic animals. There actually is no F0. Whether the plant or animal
> being
> > bred is wild or domestic the offspring of your 'starters' are F1, the
> offspring
> > of F1s are F2s, etc. Backbreaking offspring to parent doesn't usually
> apply in
> > this system.
> >
> > Mike Wise
> >
> > Yvan Alleau wrote:
> >
> > > hi all,
> > > Since a bunch of us are into genetics and related fields, i have a
> question:
> > > if the offsrpings of a wild pair (F0) are called F1
> > > the offsrpings of the F1 called F2
> > > How do you call a cross between 1 F0 and 1 F1 ? Just curious!
> > > have a good day
>
>
>
>
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