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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 928271" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Good practical definition that will help the average cattleman decide what to do when a mixed set of twins lands at his feet.</p><p></p><p>I'm open to the idea that the occasional freemartin might be able to breed. Have no idea about cp's hypothesis - that her male twin DNA is incorporated into the gametes and passed on to the calf? It wouldn't make her the sire of the calf, it would make a calf with three parents - sire, dam and uncle. Could that cause a sterile female calf or would it be a normal heifer with random Y chromosomes floating around? Are we talking one in ten million or one in ten billion?</p><p></p><p>Here's one to play with while we're :deadhorse: </p><p>On another forum one AI bull was noted to have sired two sets of mixed twins in one herd while all the other bulls used had thrown single calves. Should I drop the bull from my breeding program? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 928271, member: 9267"] Good practical definition that will help the average cattleman decide what to do when a mixed set of twins lands at his feet. I'm open to the idea that the occasional freemartin might be able to breed. Have no idea about cp's hypothesis - that her male twin DNA is incorporated into the gametes and passed on to the calf? It wouldn't make her the sire of the calf, it would make a calf with three parents - sire, dam and uncle. Could that cause a sterile female calf or would it be a normal heifer with random Y chromosomes floating around? Are we talking one in ten million or one in ten billion? Here's one to play with while we're :deadhorse: On another forum one AI bull was noted to have sired two sets of mixed twins in one herd while all the other bulls used had thrown single calves. Should I drop the bull from my breeding program? :D [/QUOTE]
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