breeding

For several years I have accepted without skepticism the claim that, in the zeal to make the collie breed more attractive by straightening the line from the nose to the top of the head (in profile), breeders have made the cranium, and therefore the collies' brain, smaller. I have used this...

An interesting piece from the BBC. (linkage) There are two videos embedded in the linked article. One of approximately 2 minutes and another approaching 6 minutes. Both are worth watching. I must say I side the with RSPCA here. I find the world of pedigree dog (or cat) breeding most...

Is it possible to make a reasonably accurate estimation of how many 'reproductions' must have occurred for each of us to exist, going right back to the most basic life form from which we originated?

I am a lapsed forum member, I have not visited for several months. Even then I mostly kept to the shadows and just observed. Now I find that I have a question which I hope the forum can answer: Are there any instances in nature where animal type A can breed with animal type B, and animal type...

I was looking at my two dogs the other day, and wondered, if we can breed such disparate types, (one is intelligent, friendly, fluffy, the other stupid, agressive and short haired), if there is any research going on into breeding intelligent apes. A quick look at Mr Google doesn't reveal much.

One of my crazier ideas. It goes something like this. Everyone is sterilized (so as not to have none program births...and it also removes the possiblity for pregnancy too. Then if anyone wants to have a child they could go to the breeding program, and have the "best match" i.e. the person...