For example, when you cross a spotted Holstein cow with an Angus bull, the calf is going to come out solid, not spotted. It's the same if you cross Holstein with Jersey: you end up with a solid-coloured calf every time. Same with Simmental-Angus crosses, or any other cross that mixes a spotted-coloured bovine with a solid-coloured bovine.
Check out the following links below for more:
http://www.backyardherds.com/web/viewblo...
http://www.piedmontese.org/Coat%20Color%...
http://animalscience.ag.utk.edu/beef/pdf...
http://animalscience.ag.utk.edu/beef/pdf...
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Nope ") Can you please answer mine? Anyone is free to answer:
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I am a a genetically informed farmer with a few spotted cows. More than anything else, I want my herd to be purebred with respect to the spotted trait. Rumor has it that the allele for spotted fur is recessive. Do you think it is true?
