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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 548093" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>I'd be wondering about the Angus bull that you bred that cow to. That steer should have been solid black. The Holstien breed has the recessive spotting gene, so when bred to a solid colored breed, the resulting calf should be solid colored. It will carry 1 spotting gene, and 1 solid gene.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, your solid black calf <em>could</em> have resulted from breeding that heifer to a Holstein bull. Your heifer is Ss (1 solid and 1 spotting gene). If she was bred Holstein, the bull would have been ss (2 spotting genes). With that cross you run a 50% chance of having a solid calf and a 50% chance of having a spotted calf. As for how much white the calf would have had, that depends on another set of genes altogether.</p><p></p><p>The spotting gene works the same way as the red gene. Red is recessive to black, and spots are recessive to solid.</p><p></p><p>Not saying that there couldn't have been a mistake with the semen (after all it should have been a heifer) but that you could have had a solid black 3/4 Holstein.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 548093, member: 2308"] I'd be wondering about the Angus bull that you bred that cow to. That steer should have been solid black. The Holstien breed has the recessive spotting gene, so when bred to a solid colored breed, the resulting calf should be solid colored. It will carry 1 spotting gene, and 1 solid gene. Incidentally, your solid black calf [i]could[/i] have resulted from breeding that heifer to a Holstein bull. Your heifer is Ss (1 solid and 1 spotting gene). If she was bred Holstein, the bull would have been ss (2 spotting genes). With that cross you run a 50% chance of having a solid calf and a 50% chance of having a spotted calf. As for how much white the calf would have had, that depends on another set of genes altogether. The spotting gene works the same way as the red gene. Red is recessive to black, and spots are recessive to solid. Not saying that there couldn't have been a mistake with the semen (after all it should have been a heifer) but that you could have had a solid black 3/4 Holstein. [/QUOTE]
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