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GENE HETEROZYGOTE SANS CORNES [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Animal Science
  • Cattle Raising
CONT

When searching through sire directories, you might see that some of the bull names contain a (P) or (PP), this is to indicate whether or not that particular sire has the heterozygous or homozygous polled gene.

OBS

Heterozygous animals have one copy of the polled gene, and homozygous have two copies of the polled gene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Zootechnie
  • Élevage des bovins
CONT

Lors de vos recherches [de] taureaux, [...] vous pouvez voir que certains des noms de taureaux contiennent un (P) ou (PP), ceci permet d'indiquer si ce taureau est porteur du gène hétérozygote ou homozygote sans cornes.

Spanish

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