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Friends new yearling bull what ya think?
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<blockquote data-quote="NCSU Maverick" data-source="post: 661525" data-attributes="member: 270"><p>I think this is what I was getting at about 3 pages back. Obviously each parent provides half the genes. So adding the total breed percentages of each parent and dividing by 2 gives you the <em>most likely </em>breed makeup of the offspring but you could not know the <em>exact</em> makeup.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If a 50/50 baldy bull put all his genes in a bucket, then I reach in and pull out half the genes from the bucket who's to say what combination of angus and hereford genes I get? I would be most likely to pull out 50% angus and 50% hereford to pass onto the calf but it could be 65%/35% who knows? </p><p></p><p>Does this make any sense or am I way left of center?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NCSU Maverick, post: 661525, member: 270"] I think this is what I was getting at about 3 pages back. Obviously each parent provides half the genes. So adding the total breed percentages of each parent and dividing by 2 gives you the [i]most likely [/i]breed makeup of the offspring but you could not know the [i]exact[/i] makeup. If a 50/50 baldy bull put all his genes in a bucket, then I reach in and pull out half the genes from the bucket who's to say what combination of angus and hereford genes I get? I would be most likely to pull out 50% angus and 50% hereford to pass onto the calf but it could be 65%/35% who knows? Does this make any sense or am I way left of center? [/QUOTE]
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