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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>TrueNicks : Pedigree Elements, Pedigree Theory</title><link>http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/tags/Pedigree+Elements/Pedigree+Theory/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Pedigree Elements, Pedigree Theory</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)</generator><item><title>Galopin...New Research, and a possible answer to an old question....</title><link>http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2019/05/21/galopin-new-research-and-a-possible-answer-to-an-old-question.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:649228</guid><dc:creator>Byron Rogers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=649228</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2019/05/21/galopin-new-research-and-a-possible-answer-to-an-old-question.aspx#comments</comments><description>The summer of 2017 saw the publication of a scientific paper titled "Y Chromosome Uncovers the Recent Oriental Origin of Modern Stallions" with the outcomes found in this paper covered by Eric Mitchell in the Blood Horse that year. 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These coefficients were previously calculated over 8 and 6 generations respectively and were done to that generation previously due to computational restrictions, i.e, the speed of the computers and the frequency of TrueNicks requests being run had an effect...(&lt;a href="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2019/02/04/inbreeding-and-relatedness-coefficients-extended-to-10-generations.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=649101" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/tags/Pedigrees+and+Breeding/default.aspx">Pedigrees and Breeding</category><category domain="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/tags/Pedigree+Elements/default.aspx">Pedigree Elements</category><category domain="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/tags/Pedigree+Theory/default.aspx">Pedigree Theory</category></item><item><title>The Disappearance of Dosage</title><link>http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2018/12/10/the-disappearance-of-dosage.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:649039</guid><dc:creator>Byron Rogers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=649039</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2018/12/10/the-disappearance-of-dosage.aspx#comments</comments><description>Dosage, A concept with its origins dating 100 years ago, has outlived its usefulness. Alan Porter explains why TrueNicks is set to drop Dosage from its reports in the new year....(&lt;a href="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2018/12/10/the-disappearance-of-dosage.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=649039" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/tags/Pedigrees+and+Breeding/default.aspx">Pedigrees and Breeding</category><category domain="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/tags/Pedigree+Elements/default.aspx">Pedigree Elements</category><category domain="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/tags/Pedigree+Theory/default.aspx">Pedigree Theory</category></item><item><title>mtDNA and Tregonwell's Natural Barb</title><link>http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2014/10/20/mtdna-and-tregonwell-s-natural-barb.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:647187</guid><dc:creator>Byron Rogers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=647187</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2014/10/20/mtdna-and-tregonwell-s-natural-barb.aspx#comments</comments><description>The Bruce Lowe #1 family of Tregonwell's Natural Barb is one of the more populous in the Thoroughbred breed. But exactly how much is actually from the same mare? 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