Hog wash. JoAnn
> > What possible difference would it make to you if not everyone post their > > information publicly. None of my dogs appear in your pedigrees now and > won't > > likely ever appear there so my testing information is not necessary to you > or > > anyone else that is not using my dogs. > > Polygenic traits are caused by a dog's GENOTYPE--the dog's ENTIRE genetic >t some of a dog's > geneotype is to know as MUCH as we can about ALL the relatives as possible. > >is that dog's PHENOTYPICAL expression don't know about. BUT, if you know when his grandparents, > great-grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins developed MVD you would > have a MUCH better idea of what that dog's genotype. posted had developed MVD > by age 5--there would be NO surprise MVD by age 5--which was NOT your intention when > you bred to him since HE was clear at age 8! age 8 or 9--you wouldn't be > surprised that most of hs offspring were clear considerably longer than that > dog. There are no surprises when you breed genotypicallyto the other > half of those hidden genes. > > So the more information one has about all the related dogs in a pedigree, > the more one knows about that dog's genotype and the better breeding > decisions one can make for that dog. > > The status of ALL your dogs IS important to my breeding program! ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
