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To: Sopater; balls
So far, all of the evidence shows that dogs, over time, with careful selective breeding and intense artificial environmental pressure to remove "undesirable" genetic traits, will eventually "evolve" into dogs that look like their parents.

So far,almost all the dogs that have been so intensively, selectively bred have done nothing more than shown a propensity to a multitude of undesirable traits, like hip dysplasia and nasty personalities.

82 posted on 05/07/2009 2:14:54 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
So far,almost all the dogs that have been so intensively, selectively bred have done nothing more than shown a propensity to a multitude of undesirable traits, like hip dysplasia and nasty personalities.

You have a very valid point. As one undesirable genetic trait is bred out, others are inadvertently bred in. Strange how some would call that evolution.
85 posted on 05/07/2009 2:21:43 PM PDT by Sopater (I'm so sick of atheists shoving their religion in my face.)
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