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Ecology F19: Oberhasli Goat
This photo was taken on October 27, 2019 at Bengston’s Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen. This is a photo of a oberhasli goat, Capra aegagrus hircus, taken in the petting zoo. These goats are generally very friendly, calm animals with gentle dispositions. This makes them great pack animals because they do not get frightened easily. Oberhasli goats were imported into the United States in the early 1900s from Switzerland but they were not bred pure which is why their bloodlines were lost, they interbred with alpine goats. This is an example of genetic drift because their genetic variation was lost because of random variation in mating and inheritance. Specifically it connects to founders effect because a small number of goats left their original population in Switzerland to colonize a new area. This is also an example of allopatric speciation because the population is physically isolated and has adapted to different resources in different geographic regions.
Ecology F19: Oberhasli Goat
This photo was taken on October 27, 2019 at Bengston’s Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen. This is a photo of a oberhasli goat, Capra aegagrus hircus, taken in the petting zoo. These goats are generally very friendly, calm animals with gentle dispositions. This makes them great pack animals because they do not get frightened easily. Oberhasli goats were imported into the United States in the early 1900s from Switzerland but they were not bred pure which is why their bloodlines were lost, they interbred with alpine goats. This is an example of genetic drift because their genetic variation was lost because of random variation in mating and inheritance. Specifically it connects to founders effect because a small number of goats left their original population in Switzerland to colonize a new area. This is also an example of allopatric speciation because the population is physically isolated and has adapted to different resources in different geographic regions.