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<blockquote data-quote="CPL" data-source="post: 679263" data-attributes="member: 6346"><p>The thing is, even with a 3% Angus, the angus genetics are still back there. Say you had an angus cow and an angus bull who did not share any common bloodlines until many generations back, you would still get MORE hybrid vigor by using a bull who had NO angus percentage in his bloodline. </p><p></p><p>To the average producer it may not matter, but I was just pointing out that there is more of an advantage in crossing a full blood hereford on a full blood angus than a percentage angus on a full blood angus. The Hereford x Angus would be a true F1 (50-50), while the % Angus x Angus would not quite be a true F1- and research shows the true F1's are where most of the benefits of heterosis are seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPL, post: 679263, member: 6346"] The thing is, even with a 3% Angus, the angus genetics are still back there. Say you had an angus cow and an angus bull who did not share any common bloodlines until many generations back, you would still get MORE hybrid vigor by using a bull who had NO angus percentage in his bloodline. To the average producer it may not matter, but I was just pointing out that there is more of an advantage in crossing a full blood hereford on a full blood angus than a percentage angus on a full blood angus. The Hereford x Angus would be a true F1 (50-50), while the % Angus x Angus would not quite be a true F1- and research shows the true F1's are where most of the benefits of heterosis are seen. [/QUOTE]
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