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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 3665"><p>> Have you ever heard of a Punnent Square? It shows the heredability of a gene. It is pretty neat how there is many different ways to get the same phenotype. If you have never heard of a Punnent Square, I can give you more information and even an example.</p><p></p><p>We can flog this subject more if</p><p>> you like, but the black gene has</p><p>> to come from somewhere. If a black</p><p>> baldie is bred to a hereford there</p><p>> is a fifty fifty chance that the</p><p>> calf will be black, do that enough</p><p>> generations and they will look</p><p>> just like a hereford, or a</p><p>> limousin or braunvieh, or</p><p>> charolais for that matter. The</p><p>> black gene still has to originally</p><p>> come from a black animal, angus,</p><p>> holstein, whatever. the animal may</p><p>> be 99.9% Hereford and still be</p><p>> black, but it is NOT a black</p><p>> hereford. In the rare event of a</p><p>> "sport" which is caused</p><p>> by a mutation of the color gene I</p><p>> doubt if it could be registered as</p><p>> a Hereford anyway, just as the</p><p>> Black Angus assoc. in the US will</p><p>> not register a Red Angus calf</p><p>> produced from a mating of two</p><p>> black angus. I would suggest you</p><p>> read a good book on the genetics</p><p>> of color, that will explain it</p><p>> much better then I.</p><p></p><p>> dunmovin farms</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 3665"] > Have you ever heard of a Punnent Square? It shows the heredability of a gene. It is pretty neat how there is many different ways to get the same phenotype. If you have never heard of a Punnent Square, I can give you more information and even an example. We can flog this subject more if > you like, but the black gene has > to come from somewhere. If a black > baldie is bred to a hereford there > is a fifty fifty chance that the > calf will be black, do that enough > generations and they will look > just like a hereford, or a > limousin or braunvieh, or > charolais for that matter. The > black gene still has to originally > come from a black animal, angus, > holstein, whatever. the animal may > be 99.9% Hereford and still be > black, but it is NOT a black > hereford. In the rare event of a > "sport" which is caused > by a mutation of the color gene I > doubt if it could be registered as > a Hereford anyway, just as the > Black Angus assoc. in the US will > not register a Red Angus calf > produced from a mating of two > black angus. I would suggest you > read a good book on the genetics > of color, that will explain it > much better then I. > dunmovin farms [/QUOTE]
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