Genetics

[Shabutie]

I'm Not too good with genetics but I have sandfire male and an orange possible het for hypo female if i were to breed them would the babies be possible hets for hypo even though the father isn't?

 

[Drache613]

Moved by Moderator from General to Breeding

 

[jarett_harrison]

Ok. So you have a het and a non het. The babies will be 50% het meaning that theoreticly half the babys will be het for hypo.

 

[citrusdragon]

Yes 50% will be hets, in theory, but you can only prove them as hets by breeding them to another het, or a visual. Generally speaking "possible hets" should be regarded as NOT hets when being sold, or purchased, since time taken to prove them out takes away any value added.

Jeff

 

[dragonfanatic4454]

From all of the readings I've done and from the breeders I've seen advertise their babies for sale, possible het for hypo means 50% possible het for hypo. Probable het for hypo means 66% chance the dragon is het for hypo. If you would breed your possible (50% het hypo) to a non het, it is a very small possibility that you would have babies that are het for hypo. You could technically say your babies are 33% or 25% het for hypo (sorry I don't know the exact percentage and it is late so I don't fee like spending the time getting the correct one :| ) but I have never seen any breeder advertise their babies like this. It would be such a small percentage that the chances would not increase the price per dragon when you sell them.

 

[citrusdragon]

Visual x Normal = 50% Maybe

Het x Het = 66% Probably

Het x Normal=33% Possible

All those percentages are "probabilities".


It's kind of like the lottery.

Jeff

 

[dragonfanatic4454]

So Jeff, that means crossing a possible het that is not proven yet with a normal will give you less than 33% right? I wouldn't even deal with anything less than 50%. It is just too confusing and not worth it. lol

 

[citrusdragon]

A dragon is either a het, or not a het. Until it is proven, it is a normal with the possibility open.

The equations above only refer to parents with known genetics, and the possibilities the offspring will have.

Jeff

 

[dragonfanatic4454]

Gotcha, thanks Jeff.

 

[Stephies_Leo _Dragon]

So if you breed a hypo and a non hypo only half the babies would be het for hypo??

 

[citrusdragon]

All the babies would be het for hypo: Visual (Hypo) x Normal = all hets

 

[Stephies_Leo _Dragon]

Oh ok thanks that's what I thought. I guess I got a little confused for a moment :?

 

[larry]

I was just about to open another topic regarin this questions.. Thing is i get confused every time i reed about genetics in beardies! I read and asked and i was allways told that colors or morphs mixtured when mated, i mean, if i were to mate a sandfire orange with a yellow the offpring would turn a mixture between the parents colors, the same with any other color, so what i don´t finish to understand is why there are dominant, codominant and ressesive genes when it is supposed to all have their parents colors... For instance i have an orange female and a sunburst male, what would be the result if i decided to mate them? the same with a normal male and an orange female? Should i open another topic or can i keep asking here?
Thanks
Ariel