Re: [RC] Horse Energy/Mitochondrial Inheritance... - Ed & Wendy Hauser
The Bedouins supposedly were extremely concerned
about the tail mare. This is a good reason. I often tell people that
73.2% (or 78.1% or some other odd number over 50%) of a horse comes from the
mare line. The reason is that in American practice we often emphasize the
Stallion when the mare is actually more important.
The Mitochondria, that are the energy factories in
the cells, are almost exclusively from the tail mare.
There are also other things that go through
daughters, not sons. Scientific American had an article a few years ago
"When greatness skips a generation" that followed this in TB's. It was
brought up because Secretariat was such a disappointing sire of fast
horses. I have noticed that he is starting to show up in fast TB
pedigrees, but haven't looked to see if it his daughters that are responsible
like was predicted in the article.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
