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<blockquote data-quote="buymorebulls" data-source="post: 1129391" data-attributes="member: 7270"><p>The "eye of the master" brought belt buckle cattle in the 50's and selection for phenotypes that let dwarfism propagate itself through the gene pool.</p><p></p><p>The "eye of the master" brought elephants to our midst during the 80's and selection for phenotypes that couldn't have a calf, couldn't feed it if somehow it managed to survive the birthing process, needed free access to a grain bin to stay in a BCS 3 and in hindsight, needed to be sold "live weight".</p><p></p><p>The "eye of the master" is bringing us additional bone at ~6 cents/pound and more hair and low performing puss bellied cattle that take more yard time to finish in the 10's.</p><p></p><p>Yup, I'd say the "eye of the master" has been really good at bringing us a new extreme phenotype about every 3 decades, which is also generally considered one human generation.</p><p></p><p>I don't need any more subjective "eye of the master" as the end all. I need objective measurements that I can make meaningful decisions with. Whether I need to make genetic change quickly, slowly or keep genetic change to zero, EPD's allow everyone to do that.</p><p></p><p>What phenotype is the "eye of the master" teaching the next generational "master" to make?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buymorebulls, post: 1129391, member: 7270"] The "eye of the master" brought belt buckle cattle in the 50's and selection for phenotypes that let dwarfism propagate itself through the gene pool. The "eye of the master" brought elephants to our midst during the 80's and selection for phenotypes that couldn't have a calf, couldn't feed it if somehow it managed to survive the birthing process, needed free access to a grain bin to stay in a BCS 3 and in hindsight, needed to be sold "live weight". The "eye of the master" is bringing us additional bone at ~6 cents/pound and more hair and low performing puss bellied cattle that take more yard time to finish in the 10's. Yup, I'd say the "eye of the master" has been really good at bringing us a new extreme phenotype about every 3 decades, which is also generally considered one human generation. I don't need any more subjective "eye of the master" as the end all. I need objective measurements that I can make meaningful decisions with. Whether I need to make genetic change quickly, slowly or keep genetic change to zero, EPD's allow everyone to do that. What phenotype is the "eye of the master" teaching the next generational "master" to make? [/QUOTE]
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