By Gary DiGiuseppe
A lot of alpaca breeders have asked me if there is any way to test alpacas’ DNA for favorable genes. The short answer is: No. But it looks as if the beef cattle industry is on the road to unlocking the cattle genome. Can alpacas be far behind? I was also relieved to discover by reading the article that the human genome was closer to cattle than to mice. For a full report read: Unlocking the Genetic Secrets of Cattle.