The Science

Of course I can back up my claims with real science. It is all out there for breeders to find it and use it according to what they feel is the right thing to do.

Books:

Wachtel, Hellmuth: Hundezucht 2000 (Populationsgenetik in der Hundezucht), Verlag Gollwitzer, Weiden 1997, ISBN 3-923555-10-5

Sommerfeld-Stur, Irene: Rassehundezucht - Genetik für Züchter und Halter, Müller Rüschlikon, ISBN 978-3-275-02060-7

Lush, Jay L: .Animal Breeding Plans, 1943 - https://archive.org/details/animalbreedingpl032391mbp/page/n7

Tave, Douglas: Inbreeding and brood stock management, Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 392. Rome, FAO, 1999, ISBN 92-5-104340-X - http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/x3840e/X3840E00.htm#TOC

Websites

Prof. Irene Sommerfeld-Stur - http://sommerfeld-stur.at

Institute of Canine Biology - https://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/

Population Genetics in Practice - http://www.seppalakennels.com/articles/population-genetics-in-practice.htm

Seppala Kennels - http://www.seppalakennels.com/jeffreys-articles.htm

The Canine Diversity Project – http://www.dogenes.com/diverse.html

Population genetics by Knud Christensen: http://www.ihh.kvl.dk/htm/kc/popgen/genetics/genetik.htm

Articles

Inbred wolf population collapses - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/inbred-wolf-population-isle-royale-collapses

The challenges of pedigree dog health: approaches to combating inherited disease - http://www.cgejournal.org/content/2/1/3/abstract

Bottlenecks and selective sweeps during domestication have increased deleterious genetic variation in dogs - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711855/

DNA testing and domestic dogs - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3275738/

Game Mechanics and Animal Fancies - http://equinetapestry.com/2011/07/game-mechanics-and-animal-fancies/

Blogs

Institute of Canine Biology - https://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/blog

Pedigree Dogs Exposed - http://pedigreedogsexposed.blogspot.com/

A Football Field of Dogs by Joanne Kimball - https://rufflyspeaking.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/a-football-field-of-dogs-health-testingyeah-you-know-im-going-to-stir-this-pot/

Terrierman - https://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/

YouTube

Peter Oliehoek about Genetic Diversity in Leonberger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXs02IlxMCY

Irish Wolfhound x Mal/Wof line is described in a video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3oL4ntrYj8

Facebook

Outcross for Life Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1563788323894571/

Outcross projects

Pinscher with Schnauzer Outcross Project - http://www.elisanet.fi/yarracitta/CrossbreedingsENfinal.pdf

Kromfohrlander Outcross Project - http://www.kromfohrlander.fi/Club_Review_2013.pdf

Graussie Project - http://www.cmsmtrust.com/study%20project/page2/index.html

Boxer x Corgi project - http://www.steynmere.co.uk/GENETICS.html

Shiloh Shepherd website - http://shiloh-shepherd.com/pages/outcrossbase.html

Markiesje and Powderpuff - https://powderpuff-markiesje.webnode.nl/

Lundehund Outcross Project - https://dogwellnet.com/content/health-and-breeding/breeding/breeding-for-health/cross-breeding/the-norwegian-lundehund-outcross-project-r419/

Wetterhoun Outcross Project - https://www.nvsw.nl/index.php?sp=110

Sarloos Wolfhond Outcross Project - https://avls.nl/category/uitgangspunten/

Mastiff with Greyhound Outcross Project - http://www.hillsemastiffs.nl/outcross/

LUA Dalmatiner - https://www.dalmatiner-deutschland.de/index.php/low-uric-acid-lua

Landpinscherprojekt - http://oepi.at/Landpinscherprojekt.html

Basenji African Stock Project - https://www.basenji.org/index.php/project-introduction

Link lists

Wonderful linklist curated by Lesli Kathman - http://equinetapestry.com/genetic-diversity-links/

Nice overview and linklist about the topic - https://web.archive.org/web/20160921174929/http://impish-iggies.tumblr.com/post/135655186805/i-was-browsing-through-some-of-the-comments-on-the