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<blockquote data-quote="VanC" data-source="post: 660098" data-attributes="member: 3355"><p>If you know the breed makeup of both parents, you can always figure out the breed makeup of the offspring, regardless of how many generations you take it down to. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Breed makeup and gene dominance aren't the same thing. If you cross two baldies like you said, the breed makeup will always be half Angus and half Hereford. The offspring could be red or black. It could have a white face or not. It could be wild or tame, etc. Just because the genes of one parent dominates over the other doesn't mean the breed makeup has changed. It will still be half Angus and half Hereford. Always. </p><p></p><p>Look at it this way. All Gelbviehs used to be red. Now you have some that are, say, 99% Gelbvieh and 1% Angus, but are black. Just because the black gene is dominant over the red doesn't mean that that animal has more Angus blood. It's still 99% Gelbvieh. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. If you mate two animals that are 94% Gelbvieh, the offspring will <strong>always</strong> be 94% Gelbvieh, regardless of what others might say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanC, post: 660098, member: 3355"] If you know the breed makeup of both parents, you can always figure out the breed makeup of the offspring, regardless of how many generations you take it down to. Breed makeup and gene dominance aren't the same thing. If you cross two baldies like you said, the breed makeup will always be half Angus and half Hereford. The offspring could be red or black. It could have a white face or not. It could be wild or tame, etc. Just because the genes of one parent dominates over the other doesn't mean the breed makeup has changed. It will still be half Angus and half Hereford. Always. Look at it this way. All Gelbviehs used to be red. Now you have some that are, say, 99% Gelbvieh and 1% Angus, but are black. Just because the black gene is dominant over the red doesn't mean that that animal has more Angus blood. It's still 99% Gelbvieh. No. If you mate two animals that are 94% Gelbvieh, the offspring will [b]always[/b] be 94% Gelbvieh, regardless of what others might say. [/QUOTE]
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