Hello, Susan,
I for one, am not ignoring this fact. I think we continue to hope that
with the unraveling of the genome we will see some clues of what links
we do have to genetic flaws in our breed. It is the best hope we have
of discovering how to fix the problems.
I do wonder, however, what will happen if we discover that one of our
most desireable traits (such as large, round, deeply pigmented eyes) is
linked to one of our least desireable health problems. I think many of
us will lay down our heads and cry long and hard.
Wouldn't it be fabulous if we found that a commonly ignored faults such
as slight cowhocks was a genetic link?
Suze (the ever hopeful)
Susan Cochran wrote:
>
> However, it is common to have genetic traits that are linked to certain
> conformation traits. Linkage is the fact that genes for different traits
> that lie on the same chromosome are inherited as a unit. That is why the
> uric acid defect is linked to the desired spotting in Dals. These two
> genetic traits are close to each other on one chromosome.
>
--
Suze at Llawen Cavaliers
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to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica
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