I need help figuring this out. I'm a little sleep deprived and punchy - calving heifers is my excuse.
If a bull is homozygous black, that means they do not carry a red gene, but can they still carry a diluter type gene?
Here is the situation. We have a gray cow that was supposedly bred to a homozygous black bull. We got a gray calf. Can this happen? The breeding fits with the AI date perfect and any bull she would have been exposed to later would also be homozygous black.
If a bull is homozygous black, that means they do not carry a red gene, but can they still carry a diluter type gene?
Here is the situation. We have a gray cow that was supposedly bred to a homozygous black bull. We got a gray calf. Can this happen? The breeding fits with the AI date perfect and any bull she would have been exposed to later would also be homozygous black.