Re: RC: breeder ethics

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Heidi 
The work that was being done when we were involved with AERC was at
Texas A&M. That is the place they were going to use to determine
markers. Like I said, I don't know what happened with the proposals
after I left racing. I'll see if my friend remembers the name of the man
who was spearheading it with Tx A&M. So far as I know, Kentucky was
never involved, hence their lack of knowledge about the proposals. Is
there anyone out there in ridecampville who was more involved that I was
in these debates at Los Alamitos?
I'll see if I can find out more of the particulars for you, Heidi.
Thanks for your research--but at the wrong facility. Again I don't know
if anyone ever found out if it was POSSIBLE to develop the markers; just
that their was a movement to find out if we COULD. It was prompted by
the race interests. 
Bette

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2/4/00 9:01:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, woa@stormnet.com
> writes:
> 
> << Keep that info coming because I've been out of touch with that whole DNA
>  research into markers for the last few years. You might want to call
>  Texas A&M as they were at the forefront of the research about markers
>  and trying to separate the breeds.  >>
> 
> Actually, Bette, I just got a post from a genetic researcher friend to whom
> someone else had forwarded your original post.  He was concerned at the
> misinformation, and said that the horse breeders were trying to GET
> researchers to come up with breed markers, not that the researchers were
> actually saying they could do it.  And he thought the closest work was coming
> out of Kentucky, not out of A&M, for what it's worth, although I gather they
> do a lot of good work there.
> 
> Heidi
> 
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