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HerefordGuy

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No, we don't have any Chillingham DNA.
The abstract to Visscher's 2001 paper looks interesting, but I haven't had a chance to read it.
 

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Inbreeding, which can lead to the loss of genetic variation or the accumulation of deleterious alleles, has been shown to reduce fitness in wild1, zoo, laboratory2 and farmed3 animals. But it has been proposed that when combined with selection, inbreeding may purge deleterious alleles4. Here we provide support for this hypothesis in a study of the Chillingham cattle, which shows that this viable herd is almost genetically uniform. The homozygosity of this herd far exceeds that of other cattle5 and that found in wild populations of other mammalian species6, 7.
 

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Can the genomics industry ever stop climbing the peak of inflated expectations and climb to the plateau of productivity?

Batman is fiction.
 

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Two new posts:
You could win a free steak from Steak in Genomics. Genomics, Ancestry, and a Contest!
http://steakgenomics.blogspot.com/2013/10/genomics-ancestry-and-contest.html

Beef Improvement Federation to Host Genetic Prediction Workshop
The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) will host a Genetic Prediction Workshop in Kansas City, MO on December 12-13, 2013 at the Holiday Inn KCI Airport and KCI Expo Center, 11728 NW Ambassador Drive.
http://steakgenomics.blogspot.com/2013/10/beef-improvement-federation-to-host.html
 
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