Bob Weaber (Kansas State University): Breed complementarity is the idea of putting animals together, or breeds together, that have different core strengths. So, we might think that a particular breed might be great in terms of growth, but may be deficient in terms of carcass merit. We might combine that breed with another breed that excels in terms of carcass merit, so we get the best of both breeds, or multiple breeds, when we put them together, to build an offspring that's more complete in terms of its genetic profile across a number of traits.
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