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Re: Sterile lines
[Re: KaliKatka]
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01/04/13 07:46 PM
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::shrug:: I am not usually a "take their word on it" kind of person, and it irks me that the best evidence is a discussion on facebook recalling events from a decade ago, but I must admit Priscilla is our best source for this and concede the point. If sterile males are born from producing males from a sterile line mated to a female from clean lines than this is not a simple case of a one dominant gene or x-linked gene inheritance pattern. However I maintain that this same pairing, along with many others, also shows that it is not a recessive gene either, and that the major concern with breeding is that they could pass on a hidden recessive gene that could become widespread in our lines and remanifest due to inbreeding for recessive colors.
I still strongly disagree that inbreeding caused or contributed to the disorder. This is not a statement denying that inbreeding occured, it is a statement that inbreeding is not the root cause of the sterility in this incidence.
The hypothesis that the sterility came about due to mating subspecies together is supported by the information available in the database as all of the males in the first mating were sterile. I would like to add that one of the aims of Dr. Hollelley is to determine the extent of inbreeding in our domestic lines working from the hypothesis that the limited number of original gliders imported into the country could have created a bottleneck effect on the diversity of the US domesticated glider gene pool. Bringing in new blood from a subspecies mating might actually be a good thing for the lines in the long run as it increases their genetic diversity as a population.
I will have to agree to disagree with Shelly's opinion on breeding my line of gliders. I truly feel they are safe, healthy, and sterility free, and that their joeys will be also. I would not endanger the health and well being of my gliders or their descendants if I was not convinced of that. And I will quietly continue my crusade to clear the good names of my family from those that call them defective.
If anyone has any new information, please pass it along to me.
Hperk, I believe it was Magic's mother in the sterile lines so Hocus and his line should be ok (assuming the sterility is not recessive).
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Re: Sterile lines
[Re: KaliKatka]
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01/04/13 10:07 PM
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Kaylee - I agree that its sad that this is all we have to go on, but to date...it is. So I'm really hoping to get this genetic testing done and prove things out once and for all. My opinion is not, and never has been that any of these gliders are not safe and healthy. I cannot say for certain what is sterile free based on what information I have available to me. Unfortunately, with the stigma that follows the sterile lines, I just feel that full disclosure should be made to anyone buying these lines. I say this because I have seen so many people buy a glider for breeding, and then get very upset that they were not told by the breeder, or that its not documented in the database, that it came from sterile or previously sterile lines. Knowing this information, the buyer can make their own decision.
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Re: Sterile lines
[Re: KaliKatka]
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01/10/13 04:25 PM
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So I have been in contact with the breeder of the 5th generation glider that produced sterile males. The glider in question has a mother in the database, but that mother doesn't have a mother listed. None of the line has been traced to see who produced sterile sons and who did not. You can't even trace back past one generation, and can't see which line they come from. The owner of this glider was well aware that the glider came from sterile lines, and is not sure that she was 5th generation. The only evidence that the breeder has that the glider is 5th generation is a notation that says "Genetics WFB Mosaic Ringtail 5th Gen (Sterile Lines)" on her sister's record in the database. Since this gliders sterile line grandmother is unknown, how can anyone claim that she is from 5 generations that have not produced sterile males? This evidence is highly suspect, and using it to state that it proves the gene can not be bred out is dangerous, misleading, and inflammatory. The sterile males born from producing males evidence is questionable as well. I have been given Priscilla's permission to quote her saying "Tyler, you had asked me before how I knew that Freddy & Jason produced sterile males. After thinking about this and it was a while back. Jason's last son was developed. He was with a female for about a year and they did not have babies. But as we know it could be the female or they could have needed a little longer. I had him neutered and sold him. Just from memory, one of Freddy's son's did not develop, and I sold him as non producing so I have no proof of him not producing, I doubt anyone ever tried. I have seen producing males from producing lines that were not well developed so I'm not sure that it is completely accurate to say these males were definitely sterile when all the rest of Freddy's were producing. In breeding these lines over the last 10 years, once you have a producing male, most all the males appear to be producing. I have some great females that are bred out from these lines and their males seem to all be producing. So I absolutely agree with you that once it is from a producing sterile line the odds of sterility are slim." The preponderance of evidence supports that this gene doesn't pass through males. Having a sterile line female of unknown lineage produce sterile offspring is not evidence that the gene cannot be bred out, just that it hasn't been in that particular gliders line. A sterile het mother has a 50% chance to pass on the sterility gene to her children. That means (statistically speaking) half of her daughters will not get it, and therefore cannot pass it on. (Each individual birth has a 50% chance of receiving the gene, this chance is independent of any other births from the same pairing). In those gliders the gene has been bred out. Showing that there are females in the world that produce sterile males isn't proof that it can't be bred out. Distilling these situations down to one lines sentences and adding the word prove to them doesn't prove anything about the inheritance of sterility.
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Re: Sterile lines
[Re: KaliKatka]
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01/10/13 04:33 PM
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A sterile het mother has a 50% chance to pass on the sterility gene to her children. That means half of her daughters will not get it, and therefore cannot pass it on. In those gliders the gene has been bred out. I have an issue with this. IN theory, half of her daughters wouldn't carry the gene is how it APPEARS when you do the Punnet square. However, that is misleading. You have to look at it on an individual basis. Meaning out of EACH BIRTH the female joey has a 50% chance of carrying the gene. You could have 10 individual joeys born and all 10 carry the gene or none of them carry the gene or part of them carry the gene. We KNOW from color breeding that a wf glider paired with a grey glider, in THEORY, 50% of the joeys will be wf. But it doesn't work that way. It is EACH JOEY has a CHANCE of being a wf. It is possible that NONE of their joeys will be wf. It is possible that ALL of their joeys will be.
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Re: Sterile lines
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01/11/13 12:37 AM
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LOL, sorry, this is just something that "gets under my skin" a little (don't know why). It is something that comes up (or used to) all the time about color possibilities.
Someone had leu+leu het gliders and thought they would get 1/2 their joeys come out leu and were quite upset when that didn't happen. It was a case of them not understanding and taking the square at "face value".
I wouldn't want the same misunderstanding on this issue.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled discussion!
620-704-9109 Judge not until you have walked in their shoes and lived their lives. What you see online is only part of the story.
I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance
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Re: Sterile lines
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01/11/13 11:16 AM
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Re: Sterile lines
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01/11/13 07:15 PM
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Re: Sterile lines
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01/14/13 12:33 PM
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Kb314 i'm having good luck so far with an easy method of collecting a DNA sample from the glider by having them lick a buccalswab, it remains to be seen if I can get enough DNA out of it but I should know by the end of the week. Answers from genetic testing are a long way off, the researcher is collecting samples and working on a related project before concentrating on the genetic basis for the colorations and sterility. People have studied genetics for nearly a century before gene sequencing came around. They use pedigrees to determine how a gene is inherited. Even today when you see a genetic counsilor they usually use family history, not genome mapping, to determine risk levels for different disorders. We have attainable facts and evidence already but still have this stigma that seems to be mostly based on misinformation and misunderstanding, but is still widespread in the community. I would like to encourage breeders to make decisions based on the pedigree evidence, and not to condemn other breeders in the community for doing so.
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Re: Sterile lines
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01/23/13 03:02 PM
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I have my muraco who is obviously not sterile as he has produced, so basically I would like dna testing to prove/disprove whether or not the sterility can pop back up. I think that he is safe to breed, other breeders have said he is safe to breed as well. I am still trying to understand the "producing sterile line" which is an oxymoron. Besides the one incident of the one male glider that only had one testicle, is there any other evidence (even though that doesn't seem like evidence to suggest sterility to me because other animals can reproduce with only one & could be caused by something else) to suggest that it can be recessive in males? If anyone has experience in breeding "sterile line" or "producing sterile line" could you please pm me, or email me? Stowawaygliders@gmail.com
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