what percentage

[zap 4]

just wondering when breeding a litter of pups what percentage of a bitch's make up is given to the pups and what percentage comes from the dog ,Do you think it works 50/50 or is it a case of which has the stronger genes ,some might find this a silly question but if you dont ask you never learn cheers

Edited February 27, 2007 by zap

[Guest ragumup]

i alway thought it was 50/50 zap

[Guest MOLLY]

Its in the hands of the gods usually, some will be 50/50, some more like the dam, some more like the sire, some might look like something bred out 30 years ago Then some litters may ALL look like the dam and some all like the sire. Its not something you can easily predict.

MOLL.

[Born Hunter 17,960]

50% of the genes from each parent is passed onto the pup, so theoretically its always 50/50. but its not as simple as that, you have to take into account dominant and recesive genes, so if the the farther passes on more dominant genes then the pups will throw to his side of the arangement and vise versa.

 

hope this helps

[Guest MOLLY]

Thats what i said

MOLL.

[tote 870]

I would say the dam is more important than the sire,it certainly is in greyhound breeding by as much as %

[thurso jack 3]

I would say the dam is more important than the sire,it certainly is in greyhound breeding by as much as %

 

 

ive been told the same of race horses

[kiwi 4]

i have a bit from our pighunting site all about this and will copy and paste it when i find it, but it goes right into the subject gene wise, the points i agree with is the bitch is far more important than the male as she puts in 3/4 of the breeding, males are x/y and females are x/x the y gene is basically rubbish and brings nothing to the mix. the general rule of thumb i have always been taught is the strenght of a line or kennel is in it's bitches, get a good working bitch over a average dog and the pups will be pretty good, put a poor bitch over a good dog and you are gonna get poor results, thats one half of the breeding side of course having the right owner helps too.

[dodger 3,590]

i have a bit from our pighunting site all about this and will copy and paste it when i find it, but it goes right into the subject gene wise, the points i agree with is the bitch is far more important than the male as she puts in 3/4 of the breeding, males are x/y and females are x/x the y gene is basically rubbish and brings nothing to the mix. the general rule of thumb i have always been taught is the strenght of a line or kennel is in it's bitches, get a good working bitch over a average dog and the pups will be pretty good, put a poor bitch over a good dog and you are gonna get poor results, thats one half of the breeding side of course having the right owner helps too.

Look forward to reading that kiwi sounds interesting