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2 yr old Galloway heifer pair
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<blockquote data-quote="ANAZAZI" data-source="post: 960949" data-attributes="member: 7541"><p>Fortunately, this is not how genetics work. Genes are not assigned randomly; they are assigned very strictly, they come in pairs, always one from Sire and one from Dam.</p><p>(Of course there is no telling if one of these genes from the Dam originates from the maternal Grandsire or the maternal Granddam. Or if the Sire at a given mating provides you with the gene from the Paternal Grandsire or the paternal Granddam...)</p><p>Because it is a first cross all the offspring will be predictable, and more predictable if the parent stock is linebred or the breeds have a limited gene pool.</p><p>Mating second cross cattle to each other; most bets are off, but for example, if none of the Grandparents are belted, this trait will not "pop up", since it is a dominant trait...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANAZAZI, post: 960949, member: 7541"] Fortunately, this is not how genetics work. Genes are not assigned randomly; they are assigned very strictly, they come in pairs, always one from Sire and one from Dam. (Of course there is no telling if one of these genes from the Dam originates from the maternal Grandsire or the maternal Granddam. Or if the Sire at a given mating provides you with the gene from the Paternal Grandsire or the paternal Granddam...) Because it is a first cross all the offspring will be predictable, and more predictable if the parent stock is linebred or the breeds have a limited gene pool. Mating second cross cattle to each other; most bets are off, but for example, if none of the Grandparents are belted, this trait will not "pop up", since it is a dominant trait... [/QUOTE]
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