Okay I thought my original question was straight forward and clear but since there has been much difficulty in answering my question and people keep talking about points in the breeding process that come after the point I'm asking about, I decided to reword my original question.
Let's say I have two strains I want to cross and I've already identified decent candidates of each strain to use in making the cross. What guidelines do breeders use to decide which strain gets to be the mother of the cross and which strain gets to be the father? Or do you feel it doesn't matter and you could make either strain mother or either strain the father with the same result?
Let's say I have two strains I want to cross and I've already identified decent candidates of each strain to use in making the cross. What guidelines do breeders use to decide which strain gets to be the mother of the cross and which strain gets to be the father? Or do you feel it doesn't matter and you could make either strain mother or either strain the father with the same result?