Posts by Natalie Green Tessier

Significant Differences – A Tale of So Many Breeds

Significant Differences – A Tale of So Many Breeds

Let’s state this fact right up front: Breeds are man made. There is no natural genetic definition, no line within...

On testing for every genetic mutation under the sun…

Why not offer a huge panel of disease gene identifications? There are a number of companies who do this, and...

COI vs. Actual Heterozygosity – Demonstration #3

One question that has come up over and over again is “how do genetic diversity test results correlate with COI.”...

Demonstration #2 – With a Coefficient of Inbreeding that low, why is he so homozygous?

One of the wonderful things about the new DNA-based tools available to breeders is the ability to assess dogs not...

Breeding demonstration #1 – Outcrossing

There’s a lot of information on the BetterBred.com analyses, and it will take a little bit for most readers and...

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