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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1843749" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>It's not really the "color" that is making those cows good - it's the genetics. Continentals just grow better. Simmental cross cows "normally" "should" outperform the Charlolais cross cows because of milk production - but all crossbreds milk better with the hybred-vigor - or "should".</p><p>The diluter gene is just a separate color gene. It is dominant over the black gene. If they inherit just 1 of the 2 possible diluter genes, black will be "diluted" - grey, chocolate, smokey, silver, mousy - you name it - diluted black. Red cattle can inherit the diluter gene, but not always visible. Most will be a "lighter" red. But I have had really light red cows tested with no diluter - and the opposite - have had blood red cows with the diluter gene. So, it is not dominant over the red gene.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1843749, member: 968"] It's not really the "color" that is making those cows good - it's the genetics. Continentals just grow better. Simmental cross cows "normally" "should" outperform the Charlolais cross cows because of milk production - but all crossbreds milk better with the hybred-vigor - or "should". The diluter gene is just a separate color gene. It is dominant over the black gene. If they inherit just 1 of the 2 possible diluter genes, black will be "diluted" - grey, chocolate, smokey, silver, mousy - you name it - diluted black. Red cattle can inherit the diluter gene, but not always visible. Most will be a "lighter" red. But I have had really light red cows tested with no diluter - and the opposite - have had blood red cows with the diluter gene. So, it is not dominant over the red gene. [/QUOTE]
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