Breeding coefficent
Discussion
Our spaniel is a little bit of breeding age at the moment but we have started doing some research to find her a suitable partner for a dirty weekend. The stud dog we have found, if mated to ours, would produce a breed coefficent of 9.6. The breed average is 9.5
I presume, from the little I know, that this is a good value. Could anyone confirm this or explain a little bit about it in simple layman's terms?
Another question. Which is better, line breeding or inbreeding?
I presume, from the little I know, that this is a good value. Could anyone confirm this or explain a little bit about it in simple layman's terms?
Another question. Which is better, line breeding or inbreeding?
Edited by Sexual Chocolate on Tuesday 3rd June 10:21
First of all well done for actually considering the COI, all too many do not.
The lower the COI the less likely you are to have genetic diseases and other conditions which arise as a result of inbreeding. There are some very good basic dog genetics books out there.
I do not believe in either inbreeding or line breeding, they are the same thing to me.
The lower the COI the less likely you are to have genetic diseases and other conditions which arise as a result of inbreeding. There are some very good basic dog genetics books out there.
I do not believe in either inbreeding or line breeding, they are the same thing to me.
Ok lets say that our spaniel has excellent retrieving skills, a great little marker and runs out fast but her hunting is not as stylish as we would like. We want to increase that hunting ability in her pups but pass the retrieving skills down to them. How would the COI effect this? I know its kind of a lottery of what you get but is there away to increase your chances?
The COI is simply the Co-efficient of Inbreeding, i.e. how inbred the dog is. If you have an inbred dog then the chances of doubling up on copies of bad genes increases. Faults may also be then bred in.
Copies of particular aspects of genetics (in this case you are looking at I suspect the phenotype of particular traits) tend to have a 50/50 chance of being passed down, however this depends on if the gene is dominant or recessive.
ETA - to increase her chances of a specific trait breed from a stud who shares that trait.
Copies of particular aspects of genetics (in this case you are looking at I suspect the phenotype of particular traits) tend to have a 50/50 chance of being passed down, however this depends on if the gene is dominant or recessive.
ETA - to increase her chances of a specific trait breed from a stud who shares that trait.
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