Deserved or not, it is a treasure zealously protected by Kentucky horsemen respectful of racing history and mindful of its eventual impact on breeding and sales.
If we go to the Bahamas, we've got to spread our collecting efforts out to not impact the breeding sites".
Though they don't know it, these little chaps are part of a scientific study to see if human contact is having an impact on breeding success.
This shows the potential impact of breeding for stress tolerance.
The plan could mean the hatchlings imprint on the east coast of Florida, which "may impact which breeding population they join once maturing," Allman says.
By the use of completely analyzed genes and the analysis of the functions of their encoded proteins, proteomics is expected to have a marked impact on breeding of new strains of rice.
* A talk on wild species roses and their impact on breeding, Saturday, 10 a.m., at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge, (818) 952-4401; http://www.descanso.com.
Although the white-necked rockfowl is capable of withstanding some disturbance of the nearby habitat, as demonstrated by one colony surviving after it was completely surrounded by a cocoa plantation, habitat disturbance is far more likely to negatively impact on breeding success.
In contrast, terrestrial threats rarely impact all breeding locations used by a given bird or turtle population.
