Please! Enough already with the dreaded green sunfish! I have yet to read a comment here from anyone who stocked a GG and fished out green sunfish. Yes you have posted links that led to opinions, so post a few more that will take us to articles written by the National Enquirer. I don�t see a real difference.
Let�s all step back into time for a moment when we took Biology 101 (with simple genetics).
Analogy:
An Anglo Saxon and an African American fall deeply in love, marry, and produce offspring. None of these offspring are identical to the parents, yet they all possess traits carried in their lineage. Now these offspring grow up to marry, and over the course of many decades we have several generations removed from the original parents. Will one of these children be identical to either of their great, great grandparents? No, they will not. Why? Because of simple genetics. You will see generation upon generation that exhibit traits and qualities of the original parents, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE IDENTICAL! The same holds true for the GG bream. This fish was developed over a ten year period, and comprises the lineage of several fish. All of the offspring have slightly different traits depending on whatever dominant gene they picked up. But they DO NOT turn back into anything. They are their own fish in their own right. Smaller, yes, but still a GG.
This analogy may offend some, and may not be understood by others. I also apologize if I am coming across terse, but I am just about knee deep in all of the ludicrous hypotheses that are flying around. I would say to stock and prove me wrong, but you can�t. On this one I hold firm.
Many of the professionals on this post are also ranchers! Maybe you can give a better analogy than I did. What do you get when you cross two different types of cows? I realize that the calves will look and act in very similar ways to their parents, but do any ever TURN BACK INTO THEIR PARENTS? Or let�s take botany for example. Make a hybrid daylily, and even after years of cross pollenation you still will not get back to the original daylily you started with.
Please find a different subject to harp on than this poor fish.
Goodnight to all,
Deb
