VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

PEDIGREE AND PEDIGREE CHART

• A pedigree is a diagram of family tree showing the relationship between individuals
• It can also allow estimation of gene penetrance & gene expressivity
• A pedigree chart is a chart that shows all the known phenotypes for an organism and its ancestors
• Most commonly humans, show dogs & race horses
• It helps to track the generations of an animal starting with a single couple
• A pedigree chart is like a family tree, typically used for animals
• This is especially helpful when watching certain traits
• The pedigree chart shows the parents and its offspring, along with the gender and which ones have the specific trait.
• The information can vary depending on the type of animal
• A pedigree chart, only takes a few minutes to learn 
•  A dogs pedigree chart, would track his breed and the breed of his ancestors.  Charts may also ensure an animal is a purebred