British Dog Breeders
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Most of you are undoubtedly aware that color and certain diseases such as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) are inherited - that is, passed down from one or both the parents. Howev
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Think of genes as recipes. They carry the instructions for the various components that go into making up an organism. Each recipe specifies a particular component, and different in
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Though it is not practical to eliminate all deleterious mutation, the incidence of affected individuals may be significantly reduced through a combination of intelligent breeding p
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If in a population there are a lot of deleterious recessive genes, then *these genes* in a homozygous state will work havoc.. If the deleterious genes are not present, maybe purged by preceding inbreeding, they will not do any harm. Submitted 01 May, 2008, edited 01 May, 2008. 12 hits out, 0 hits in. Details
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