HEREDITY IN GOATS 



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Analysis of the Breeding of 82 Pure 



TOGGENBURG GoATS. 



coat. In rabbits and guinea pigs long hair is reces- 

 sive to short hair, but in the Fg generation segrega- 

 tion is thought to be imperfect, and a type with an 

 intermediate length of hair is produced in addition 

 to the two pure parent forms. 



In goats the hair character is only stated in the 

 first seven hundred entries in the Herd Book, and a 

 distinction is made between long and medium 

 haired individuals. Among the seven hundred there 

 seem only to be twenty-five medium or long-haired 



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