The histories of Fred the Uruk
This story begins in the Ladybird book of 'Children's Genetic engineering and Selective breeding' (Chapter VI page 108) The Breeding of non asexual (sexual) organisms
Selective breeding in this case is done through artificial selection (see Chapter III) A male of one species and a female of another but of the same family class are chosen (e.g. a male chihuahua and a female alsatian) You then encourage the two to mate (this will not work if the selected organisms are of the same sex) Due to the variation in sexual reproduction, the offspring's genotype will then resemble certain characteristics of the mother's genes and certain characteristics of the father's, this will then affect the phenotype of the offspring (if a mutation occurs then certain strands of the genetic code will vary from that of the original genotypes)
This delightful little extract was read by Saruman the White. He put the advice given into practise and soon had 30303 aquatic hamsters running around Isenguard. Then, ecstatic at his success, and a little big headed, he selected a goblin man and an orc and left them to stud and here was where the origins of Fred the Uruk originated.
Fred was born and immediately he was issued with 3 aquatic hamsters, a pointy stick for killing things with, and a photograph of a little person with a ring. The orc in charge said 'This is your enemy. Find him and kill him. Fred dragged all the furniture out of Isenguard and looked behind every fridge in the kitchens and still couldn't find him. Ashamed that he had failed his mission (this may have been because Actifed - one of his aquatic hamsters - had eaten the photo) and lost all but one of his hamsters (Lozenge and Lemsip were last seen gnawing at a long black stick which Saruman was fond of carrying around with him to zap people with) Fred left Isenguard to visit his granny in Moria.
But Fred never got to Moria he wandered lost and alone (except for his companion, Actifed) He saw many strange and wonderful things on his journey, which led him to the banks of a quiet river where he became a hermit.
It is of Fred's (and Actifed's) adventures which I will write...
This story begins in the Ladybird book of 'Children's Genetic engineering and Selective breeding' (Chapter VI page 108) The Breeding of non asexual (sexual) organisms
Selective breeding in this case is done through artificial selection (see Chapter III) A male of one species and a female of another but of the same family class are chosen (e.g. a male chihuahua and a female alsatian) You then encourage the two to mate (this will not work if the selected organisms are of the same sex) Due to the variation in sexual reproduction, the offspring's genotype will then resemble certain characteristics of the mother's genes and certain characteristics of the father's, this will then affect the phenotype of the offspring (if a mutation occurs then certain strands of the genetic code will vary from that of the original genotypes)
This delightful little extract was read by Saruman the White. He put the advice given into practise and soon had 30303 aquatic hamsters running around Isenguard. Then, ecstatic at his success, and a little big headed, he selected a goblin man and an orc and left them to stud and here was where the origins of Fred the Uruk originated.
Fred was born and immediately he was issued with 3 aquatic hamsters, a pointy stick for killing things with, and a photograph of a little person with a ring. The orc in charge said 'This is your enemy. Find him and kill him. Fred dragged all the furniture out of Isenguard and looked behind every fridge in the kitchens and still couldn't find him. Ashamed that he had failed his mission (this may have been because Actifed - one of his aquatic hamsters - had eaten the photo) and lost all but one of his hamsters (Lozenge and Lemsip were last seen gnawing at a long black stick which Saruman was fond of carrying around with him to zap people with) Fred left Isenguard to visit his granny in Moria.
But Fred never got to Moria he wandered lost and alone (except for his companion, Actifed) He saw many strange and wonderful things on his journey, which led him to the banks of a quiet river where he became a hermit.
It is of Fred's (and Actifed's) adventures which I will write...