[Jacob-list] Horn Genetics

[Linda]

I uploaded a picture of a six horned ram lamb I had last year, where the six horns remained discrete, although I'm sure there would have been considerable fusing as he matured.
http://www.patchworkfibers.com/sixhorned.jpg

Linda
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:02:31 EDT, Hobsickle at aol.com wrote:
> I uploaded a picture to
> http://members.aol.com/Hobsickle/polycerate.jpg of what I consider
> to be a "polycerate" two-horned ram (some will likely disagree w/
> my analysis).  If you look closely at his horns you can see a
> line/ridge/groove/seam (whatever you want to call it) running down
> both horns.  You will also notice on his right horn (your left)
> that the tip of the horn has actually divided a little under stress
> as it grew.  What you cannot clearly tell on the picture is that
> both the inner seam and the outer seam on that horn connect to the
> split.  Furthermore, when that ram was young he had another pair of
> very small horns ("scurs"?) that were too weak to hang on.  In my
> opinion that ram had three horn buds on each side, but the two main
> buds didn't separate enough become distinct and the third was very
> small.  Though he is a "two horn," I believe that technically, that
> ram is a six-horn with two fused horns on each side and the third
> broken off.
>
> -Dan

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