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HEREDITY AT WORK IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Beef its what's for dinner
But it starts here
Genetics determine finished product
If you were running the farm what would you look for in a sire?
Beef
Birth Weight Weaning weight Yearling weight Feed efficiency Carcass traits: marbling, ribeye size,
length of loin (we don’t eat the legs)
Milk
Milk production Teat placement Udder structure % Milk Fat
Turkeys
What do we look for in the US for turkeys?
Chickens
What do we look for?
Chickens
What do we look for?Depends on what type of chicken you are
talking about.
Leghorn
Broiler: White Plymouth Rock crossed with a white Cornish
Think we only do this with animals?
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