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Mating decisions may also be based on trying to create or avoid homozygosity. In the situation of recessive monogenetic disorders, for example, mating decisions will be aimed at avoiding the risk of homozygous recessive offspring. However, there are also monogenetic traits that have a desired effect. For example having horns or not in cattle, or to create a specific coat colour. More about that in the chapter about monogenetic inheritance.
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