• Ancestors

  
  There are many ways to portray ancestory. The standard pedigree is the most usual. However, family trees and lineages are also very useful as the can show many associations not previously noticed in a standard pedigree.
  

  • Pedigrees
  • Lineages
  • Family trees

• Breeding Plans

  
  Many types of breeding programs are used in producing animals, such as inbreeding- its variations such as closebreeding and linebreeding- outcrossing, crossbreeding and hybridization. Today we must also include cloning as well.

  • Inbreeding
  • Closebreeding
  • Linebreeding
  • Crossbreeding
  • Outcrossing
  • Hybrid
  • Clone

OUTCROSSING is the breeding of animals with no common ancestors, within a defined pedigree - say five generation.

Continual outcrossing is commonly used by breeders who have no real purpose in mind or by novice breeders. Occasionally outcrossing is employed by experienced breeders to bring in some needed attribute to their line.

The continual use of this outcrossing can be confusing since it is always bringing new genetic material to the mix.