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Thinking of "Unregistering" A Few--Advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1401181" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>Got it. I thought you meant all calves needed tested even if there was nothing in their pedigree of concern. Angus bulls (registered stock) are also tested and can't be used if they have one of the listed defects.</p><p></p><p>I hope someone somewhere keeps a few of these "defective" animals around. We may later find they have an adaptation we need, <em>e.g</em>., when the zombie apocalypse comes. Did you know that people who are sickle cell carriers have a protective advantage against malaria? <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/sickle_cell.html" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biolo ... _cell.html</a>. And about 10% of Europeans are immune to HIV due to genetic mutations (which are believed to have been "conserved" due to having protected their "owners" during the centuries of European plagues: in other words, people with those variations had greater survival rates during the plagues, and passed the mutation down to their descendants, who enjoy greater immunity to HIV today):<em> if</em> I'm following his correctly: <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325234239.htm" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 234239.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1401181, member: 20599"] Got it. I thought you meant all calves needed tested even if there was nothing in their pedigree of concern. Angus bulls (registered stock) are also tested and can't be used if they have one of the listed defects. I hope someone somewhere keeps a few of these "defective" animals around. We may later find they have an adaptation we need, [i]e.g[/i]., when the zombie apocalypse comes. Did you know that people who are sickle cell carriers have a protective advantage against malaria? [url=https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/sickle_cell.html]https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biolo ... _cell.html[/url]. And about 10% of Europeans are immune to HIV due to genetic mutations (which are believed to have been "conserved" due to having protected their "owners" during the centuries of European plagues: in other words, people with those variations had greater survival rates during the plagues, and passed the mutation down to their descendants, who enjoy greater immunity to HIV today):[i] if[/i] I'm following his correctly: [url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325234239.htm]https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 234239.htm[/url] [/QUOTE]
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