Re: genes from dam

["Sharlene" <sharrc@sosinet.net>]

I believe that a male inherits a tad more genetic material comes from the
dam.  The Y chromosome is an X without one of the legs, which contains
genetic material.  Both males and females inherit an X chromsome from their
dam, but males receive a Y from their sire.  Thus, the majority of genetic
material comes from their dam.
Sharlene
-----Original Message-----
From: Dochterman <dokada@voyager.net>
To: Momma244@aol.com <Momma244@aol.com>; Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 6:01 AM
Subject: RC: genes from dam


>>Momma244@aol.com asked
>>"is it true that a foal gets 70% of genes from the dam?"
>
>Not exactly.  The mare supplies 50% of the genes for the foal and the
>stallion supplies the other 50%.  However, the mare has more influence
>on the foal's phenotype (what he looks like and acts like) than the
>stallion.  The mare supplies the foal's entire pre-natal environment
>plus a large portion of its environment at least up to weaning.  This is
>why a foal born to a pony mare and a horse stallion will almost always
>be smaller than a foal born to a horse mare and a pony stallion.  This
>is also why the foal's disposition often more closely matches that of
>the mare than the stallion.  Therefore, it is probably fair to say the
>mare supplies 70% of the *inheritance* of the foal even though she
>supplies only 50% of the foal's genes.
>
>Donna Dochterman
>Dokada Arabians
>
>
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