Genetics question

[jsj]

Hi,

I think I have a pretty good idea, but i was wondering if anyone would mind just clarifying what I should produce with this pairing?

Female - Hypo (clear nails) ----------- X ------------ Male - Italian leatherback - double het (hypo + trans)

The male is also quite possibly a partial translucent I believe.

Many thanks

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

If i had to venture a guess I would say mostly hypos, with a 40 to 50 % chance of hypo leatherbacks.

 

[Pravius]

You may get some Hypos, you may also get some leatherbacks since the gene that controls that trait is co-dominant, and you may get some hypo Leathers. Your babies may be het for trans and Hypo if they are not displaying the trait as well but would be called 50% het trans I believe.

If the male is 100% het hypo and the female is 100% hypo displaying the trait then the babies that were not Hypo would be 100% Het Hypo.

Any dragon that is not in the Homozygous Leatherback form then it will not be Het for Leatherback because it is not a recessive gene. Unless the father is a recessive leatherback which is a little more rare than the Co-Dom leatherback from what I have seen.

Keep in mind that this is all probability but that gives you an idea of what would come out.

 

[jsj]

Ok , that`s great. Hopefully will have some nice babies then

Thanks guys

 

[koiboydavid]

Do you have pics of the parents? How colorful are they?

 

[jsj]

I don`t have any pics at the minute, but they are very colourful. The mum is a hypo citrus(Fire and Ice) and is a massive girl lol, and the male is a bright orange leatherback.

 

[koiboydavid]

Keep me on the list for a baby! Best of luck!

Pravius, do you know of any good site or thread anywhere that does a good job of outlining the different genetic traits and information about those traits?

Thanks!

 

[spyder79]

Keep me on the list for a baby! Best of luck!

Pravius, do you know of any good site or thread anywhere that does a good job of outlining the different genetic traits and information about those traits?

Thanks!

this site does a fairly good job of explaining genetics david
http://www.vmsherp.com/LCGenetics101.htm

 

[Pravius]

Keep me on the list for a baby! Best of luck!

Pravius, do you know of any good site or thread anywhere that does a good job of outlining the different genetic traits and information about those traits?

Thanks!

this site does a fairly good job of explaining genetics david
http://www.vmsherp.com/LCGenetics101.htm

Yea, that's a pretty decent site. There is this one which is put together for Beardies as well:

http://www.mbdragons.eu/en/genetica.html

That one is pretty current on some of the morphs we have available now with some decent explanation with punnet squares. I would be more then happy to help you out if you have specific questions, I am by no means a genetic expert but I have been really researching it for quite awhile and would be more then happy to help... just PM me.