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Linebreding or inbreeding???
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<blockquote data-quote="KMacGinley" data-source="post: 765819" data-attributes="member: 3175"><p>Here is what I think...</p><p></p><p>If the genes are good, it concentrates them.</p><p></p><p>If the genes are bad, it concentrates them.</p><p></p><p> An outcross or breeding two unrelated animals together gives a boost of performance perhaps, but also provides offspring with little or no consistency, which is of no use whatsoever if you are trying to attain a certain type with consistency. </p><p></p><p> The objective of linebreeding would be to use the resulting bulls to breed to a complimentary but different breed of cattle to produce maximum heterosis and pass on the type.</p><p></p><p> If I was a purebred breeder and thought my genetics were good, I would be linebreeding.</p><p></p><p> If I was a commercial producer I would be crossbreeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KMacGinley, post: 765819, member: 3175"] Here is what I think... If the genes are good, it concentrates them. If the genes are bad, it concentrates them. An outcross or breeding two unrelated animals together gives a boost of performance perhaps, but also provides offspring with little or no consistency, which is of no use whatsoever if you are trying to attain a certain type with consistency. The objective of linebreeding would be to use the resulting bulls to breed to a complimentary but different breed of cattle to produce maximum heterosis and pass on the type. If I was a purebred breeder and thought my genetics were good, I would be linebreeding. If I was a commercial producer I would be crossbreeding. [/QUOTE]
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