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science takes 20 years to figure out what most of us already knew?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1394885" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>Good point on science that we can all apply to cattle breeding: the selection for specific traits can eliminate the other traits that we did not know we were going to miss. The selection process is often thought of as "gene concentration" as in dominate and recessive, but it can also be "gene elimination". So, the good old bull stories might be enhanced to recall the days and glory of our youth and past cattle but they might have actually been better cattle. Every conception can bring changes due to genetic noise, incomplete transfer or gene pairing that allows recessives to reappear. Throw in mutations, genes switching on and off, gestational programming and the genetic roll of the dice and things can go other than planned. Thankfully we do not see many of the results that are bad as the embryonic death does away with some of the worst.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1394885, member: 24565"] Good point on science that we can all apply to cattle breeding: the selection for specific traits can eliminate the other traits that we did not know we were going to miss. The selection process is often thought of as "gene concentration" as in dominate and recessive, but it can also be "gene elimination". So, the good old bull stories might be enhanced to recall the days and glory of our youth and past cattle but they might have actually been better cattle. Every conception can bring changes due to genetic noise, incomplete transfer or gene pairing that allows recessives to reappear. Throw in mutations, genes switching on and off, gestational programming and the genetic roll of the dice and things can go other than planned. Thankfully we do not see many of the results that are bad as the embryonic death does away with some of the worst. [/QUOTE]
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