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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1734774" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>To clarify a little on color & horn gene. An animal only has to inherit ONE polled gene (dominant) - from EITHER the dam or the sire, and it will be polled (Heterozygous polled - 1 horned gene + 1 polled gene). Homozygous polled - calf inherited a poll gene from BOTH parents. Poll gene is dominant. Horned gene is recessive.</p><p>Black or red gene. To be RED, a calf has to inherit a red gene (recessive) from BOTH dam & sire. Only has to inherit ONE black gene (dominant) to be black.</p><p>The black Angus breed does carry a recessive red gene in some of lines. They have always carried the red gene. Not very many any more, but it shows up now & then. The red calf cannot be registered as a black Angus - but it can be registered as a Red Angus.</p><p>True "registered" Angus are Homo Polled. Has anyone ever cheated in the registered world - well ABSOLUTELY.</p><p>The bull pictured does not look like a PB Angus - looks pretty dairy to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1734774, member: 968"] To clarify a little on color & horn gene. An animal only has to inherit ONE polled gene (dominant) - from EITHER the dam or the sire, and it will be polled (Heterozygous polled - 1 horned gene + 1 polled gene). Homozygous polled - calf inherited a poll gene from BOTH parents. Poll gene is dominant. Horned gene is recessive. Black or red gene. To be RED, a calf has to inherit a red gene (recessive) from BOTH dam & sire. Only has to inherit ONE black gene (dominant) to be black. The black Angus breed does carry a recessive red gene in some of lines. They have always carried the red gene. Not very many any more, but it shows up now & then. The red calf cannot be registered as a black Angus - but it can be registered as a Red Angus. True "registered" Angus are Homo Polled. Has anyone ever cheated in the registered world - well ABSOLUTELY. The bull pictured does not look like a PB Angus - looks pretty dairy to me. [/QUOTE]
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