Lineage
Project Pedigree
The family tree begins with the founding population. As project animals reproduce, this page will connect every descendant to its sire, dam, founder lines, siblings, and offspring.
Founding Population Pending
Waiting for the founding population
No animals have been added to the project yet, so there is nothing to connect.
Meet the SnakesWhy the pedigree matters
It lets visitors follow the history of individual animals.
It helps the project preserve genetic diversity while selecting for behavior. Selection pressure on one trait is only useful if the underlying population stays healthy and varied, which is why multiple unrelated family lines are maintained rather than breeding everything back to the single most surface-active animal.