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Can Angus have horns?
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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1733984" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Yes the black gene will be dominant if it is the black gene that the sperm carries. With a heterazygous black bull, or cow, half the sperm or eggs will carry black genes, which will produce black offspring. If the egg or sperm carries the red gene, and the animal they are bred to is also heterazygous for black, then that calf would be black if the other parent's egg or sperm carried the black gene. Takes a red gene from each parent to get a red calf. People have heterazyous for black "Angus" cows and bulls and are surprised when they get a red calf! But 25% of the potential claves will be red. Another 25% will be homozygous black and 50% will be heterazygous black.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1733984, member: 40587"] Yes the black gene will be dominant if it is the black gene that the sperm carries. With a heterazygous black bull, or cow, half the sperm or eggs will carry black genes, which will produce black offspring. If the egg or sperm carries the red gene, and the animal they are bred to is also heterazygous for black, then that calf would be black if the other parent's egg or sperm carried the black gene. Takes a red gene from each parent to get a red calf. People have heterazyous for black "Angus" cows and bulls and are surprised when they get a red calf! But 25% of the potential claves will be red. Another 25% will be homozygous black and 50% will be heterazygous black. [/QUOTE]
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