Breeding back
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 Heck cattle have been bred to resemble the aurochs in the 1920s. Since they are regarded as not meeting the criteria for "new aurochs", recent efforts such as the TaurOs Project attempt to get considerably closer to the wild bovine. |
Breeding back is a form of artificial selection by the deliberate selective breeding of domestic animals in an attempt to achieve an animal breed with a phenotype that resembles a wildtype ancestor, usually one that is extinct. Breeding back is not to be confused with dedomestication.
- See also: Wikipedia
- Related: Preservation breeding, Otto Antonius
| The Extinction Website The Extinction Website extinctanimals.petermaas.nl - Web |
| The Quagga Project The Quagga Project www.quaggaproject.org - Web |
| The Dire Wolf Project The Dire Wolf Project www.direwolfproject.com - Web |
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| Grazing Ecology and Forest History Grazing Ecology and Forest History www.the-tree.org.uk/EnchantedForest/verasum.htm - Web |
| TaurOs Project TaurOs Project www.taurosproject.com - Web |
