Ok, sorry if I am way off base here. I am going from experience with terrestrial plants and animals but:
Most on here say that EBJDs are mutants and not hybrids.
While I can agree they are not hybrids, how can they be classified as mutants? In reality are they not just a recessive phenotype? A mutant by definition is sterile. Yet, lots of individuals are able to breed EBJDs with JDs to produce more EBJDs. So therefore they cannot by definition be a mutant.
Also, the EBJD seems to be a naturally occurring phenotype not one brought on by environmental, chemical, or man made changes. Mutants do not occur naturally with the degree of repeatability that EBJDs have.
I may be missing something here, so please let me know where I am missing the link between EBJDs and being mutants?
Also, speaking entirely form ignorance on the point of fish hybrids, what is with the great deal of dislike people have for hybrid fish? And why is the blood parrot not considered a hybrid? It is a cross between two different species of fish resulting in a viable offspring. Same as crossing a Brahma Bull with an Angus heifer and getting a Brangus as offspring. BTW, anyone who is eating food of anykind is eating hybridized varieties of food, either naturally of the millenia or the last 300 or so years through actions of MAN.
So please educate on these points.....
Most on here say that EBJDs are mutants and not hybrids.
While I can agree they are not hybrids, how can they be classified as mutants? In reality are they not just a recessive phenotype? A mutant by definition is sterile. Yet, lots of individuals are able to breed EBJDs with JDs to produce more EBJDs. So therefore they cannot by definition be a mutant.
Also, the EBJD seems to be a naturally occurring phenotype not one brought on by environmental, chemical, or man made changes. Mutants do not occur naturally with the degree of repeatability that EBJDs have.
I may be missing something here, so please let me know where I am missing the link between EBJDs and being mutants?
Also, speaking entirely form ignorance on the point of fish hybrids, what is with the great deal of dislike people have for hybrid fish? And why is the blood parrot not considered a hybrid? It is a cross between two different species of fish resulting in a viable offspring. Same as crossing a Brahma Bull with an Angus heifer and getting a Brangus as offspring. BTW, anyone who is eating food of anykind is eating hybridized varieties of food, either naturally of the millenia or the last 300 or so years through actions of MAN.
So please educate on these points.....