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![Dog breeds can be looked at like wild island populations, as long as we take care to coordinate assumptions and quantify terms. In breeds, the virtual island is the stud […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sorry_breed_is_closed.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Dog Breeds are Closed Populations")
Dog Breeds are Closed Populations
Posted on May 8, 2011 | 15 CommentsDog breeds can be looked at like wild island populations, as long as we take care to coordinate assumptions and quantify terms. In breeds, the virtual island is the stud […] -
![Over 250,000 Border Collies have been registered with the ISDS since its founding over a century ago even though they didn’t really keep comprehensive stud books in earnest until […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/mercury_gemma_snow_sunset_thumb.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Only 8 Border Collies")
Only 8 Border Collies
Posted on April 21, 2011 | 8 CommentsOver 250,000 Border Collies have been registered with the ISDS since its founding over a century ago even though they didn’t really keep comprehensive stud books in earnest until […] -
![I wonder when, if ever, dog culture will catch up to science and embrace our new understanding of how harmful bogus notions of purity are. The philosophical foundations of the kennel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/selective_breeding_purebred_ugly_inbred_dog.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Selective Breeding Gone Bad")
Selective Breeding Gone Bad
Posted on March 11, 2011 | 20 CommentsI wonder when, if ever, dog culture will catch up to science and embrace our new understanding of how harmful bogus notions of purity are. The philosophical foundations of the kennel […] -
![Genes are the blueprint for proteins. An Allele is a variation in the blueprint for a given gene, and while humans and dogs (and all diploid organisms) carry two alleles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/broken_recessive_monkey.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Recessive Means Broken")
Recessive Means Broken
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 42 CommentsGenes are the blueprint for proteins. An Allele is a variation in the blueprint for a given gene, and while humans and dogs (and all diploid organisms) carry two alleles […] -
![In this installment of Inbred Mistakes, I take on a highly educated and well respected man of letters who is also an experienced breeder: Dr. Bruce M Cattanach BSc PhD […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/inbred_6.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Inbred Mistakes VI")
Inbred Mistakes VI
Posted on February 21, 2011 | 14 CommentsIn this installment of Inbred Mistakes, I take on a highly educated and well respected man of letters who is also an experienced breeder: Dr. Bruce M Cattanach BSc PhD […]
