I think the resistance to IL probably comes from (US) Midwesterners as much as anything, for whom IL is a state, not a breeding term of art.
Academics are just as haphazard as the rest of us with whether and which acronyms to use, too.
To the OPs question, if you forced me to guess, I’d bet more inbred lines exist today than at any point in the past. They rarely see the open market. They probably preserve far fewer genes than you might hope. But they’re definitely out there.
Academics are just as haphazard as the rest of us with whether and which acronyms to use, too.
To the OPs question, if you forced me to guess, I’d bet more inbred lines exist today than at any point in the past. They rarely see the open market. They probably preserve far fewer genes than you might hope. But they’re definitely out there.