Coat colour inheritance in the Belgian White and Blue cattle breed.docVIP

colour polymorphism with 3 phenotypes : all-white, blue and black. Three genetic models : 1) a single gene without dominance ; 2) an epistatic model with 2 of genes ; 3) an additive model pairs were fitted to segregation data. The models other than the single than 200 progeny per sire) are distinctly trimodal, this observation corresponding to the 3 genotypes expected in the case of a single major locus with 2 alleles. Key words : Belgian White and Blue breed, colour inheritance, major gene. L’hérédité des couleurs dans la race bovine Blanc-Bleu Belge La race bovine