Producing Parrots

[AdamWH]

I just finished reading an interesting article on the effects on inbreeding in convict cichlids. The authors found that after 4 or 5 back crosses the offspring produced displayed flared opercula, curved spines, vertically sloping foreheads and abnormal swimming behaviour......sound like parrots to me. Perhaps parrots are simply inbred rose queens (midas x synspillum)?

The article
http/wfsc.tamu.edu/winemiller/lab/W&...eding-JFB82.pdf


Adam

 

[~T~]

I just finished reading an interesting article on the effects on inbreeding in convict cichlids. The authors found that after 4 or 5 back crosses the offspring produced displayed flared opercula, curved spines, vertically sloping foreheads and abnormal swimming behaviour......sound like parrots to me. Perhaps parrots are simply inbred rose queens (midas x synspillum)?

The article
[URL="http/wfsc.tamu.edu/winemiller/lab/W&...eding-JFB82.pdf"]http/wfsc.tamu.edu/winemiller/lab/W&...eding-JFB82.pdf[/URL]


Adam

Pretty much how short body convicts are produced(also called JB parrots).

It is possible that parrots are inbred cichlids of some sort though.