Genetics are extremely interesting to me, but wasn't an area I studied heavily in college. However, this truly groundbreaking stuff! I am very curious to see how Eric's pond turns out... I am very intrigued by the map Eric posted with the genetics of the bass from different areas of the country. Particularly areas where LMB were not native.
Related to the topic of inbreeding and outbreeding, when stocking a new pond particularly a large one where thousands of one fish would be stocked or at least several hundred... Would it be a good idea to source those fish from several or at least a couple different sources so as to help guarantee genetic variance amoungst the fish in your pond? At what time down the road should you add new genetics to your bass, BG, etc... 5 years, 10 years?
