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DexStar Enrollment Began January 15th
January 15th , PDCA opened enrollment for Dexter breeders/owners wanting to enroll females in the DexStar Breed Improvement Program....
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DexStar - Part 3 - Three methods of DNA Sampling
Hair, blood or tissue? Which offers the best DNA sample?
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DexStar Part 2 - Enrollment and Phase One Testing
Second part of the DexStar series, explains the initial phenotype testing that will take place and how to enroll in the program
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9 Principles of Dexter color inheritance
Let's break the color options down into 9 simple principles.
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COLOR GENETICS PROBABILITY EXPLAINED
Simple language and colored diagrams make this comprehensive tutorial easy to understand
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The unique color of Dexter Dun
Out of 20 different cattle breeds only Dexters carry a brown mutation