Genetic difference between Okeetee and Common

[PnyKlr]

What is the genetic difference, if any, between okeetee and common corns? I have read that okeetee are "naturally occuring" corn, but if I were to cross an okeetee with a snow, and a common with a snow, would the statistical outcome be the same?

Thank You!

 

[Joejr14]

Provided neither the okeetee or the normal were not carrying any hets, then yes the outcome would be the same.

 

[Menhir]

The answer is "yes and no".
The outcame will all be "normals" if we speak of trait that are the effect of one single gene.

But there are other characteristics in nature that are genetically based, but not teh result of a single gene. For example that could be the intense of color, the size, weight and all that stuff of an animal. Such things are analized in the genetic of quantitative traits.

So - the Okeetee can lead to a different phenotype than the "normal" cornsnake - but not in the way we know it from single genetic traits.

Try Google or Wikipedia for more Information on that stuff.

 

[PnyKlr]

So then if the resulting hatchilings are crossed, there would be some normals, anerythristic, amelanistic, and snow (with some normals het for the reccessive traits), correct?

I wrapping my brain around all of the possibilities. Thanks so much!


Nice calculator!!!

 

[zwyatt]

Crossing an okeetee or a "regular" normal to a snow and then crossing the offspring from that pairing would yield the following:

Offspring are predicted to be...
25.00%, Het for Snow
12.50%, Anerythristic, Het for Amel
12.50%, Amelanistic, Het for Anery
12.50%, Het for Anery
12.50%, Het for Amel
6.25%, Snow
6.25%, Anerythristic
6.25%, Amelanistic
6.25%, Normal

 

[PnyKlr]

Thank you so much. There are so many reccessive traits, I'm not sure how you all keep track of them! I think I'm going to hunker down with a book and read up on which traits make which morph. :sidestep: