Selections are made based on progeny test performance instead of phenotypic appearance of the parental plants.
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Meanwhile female carriers of " Hf " gene can not be identified unless they are submitted to progeny tests.
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"Recessive white " chickens may be potentially black barred or of some other color pattern, but does not reveal this, unless they are submitted to a progeny test.
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In 1992 Meat Elite Australia was established by a group of Poll Dorset breeders to share genetics, and progeny test elite young sires to identify animals that will benefit the Australian sheep meat industry.