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Golddust + Amber

Golddust = ultramel caramel
Amber = hypo caramel

Golddust x Amber (no hidden hets)
50% Caramel het hypo, amel
50% Caramel het hypo, ultra

At least I'm almost positive.

~Katie
 
Not taking any hidden hets into account ...

All offspring would be Caramel het Hypo and 50% possible het Ultra or Amel
 
I see. Thanks for your answers everyone. :) The results would be much simpler than I thought. I'm trying to wrap my brain around this genetics thing, but my brain is small and can only wrap half way around. LOL
 
Pasodama said:
BTW, To clarify, 50% possible het means that each individual baby has a 50% chance of being het Ultra or Amel.
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Got to thinking and figured that a further clarification would be useful in this case.

Normally, 50% poss. het, is just that ... meaning there is a 50% chance that a baby will inherit a het gene (that a parent carries) and 50% chance that it will not.
This is because each parent carries two genes, at each locus, but each parent only throws one gene (from a pair of genes) to the baby.
Het (heterozygous) = 1 copy of a certain gene (50% chance that this gene will be thrown and 50% chance that it will be the other gene of the pair).
Homo (homozygous) = Two copies of a same gene (this certain gene will be passed, 100% of the time, since there is not another option .. both genes, of the pair, are the same).

However... In the case of Ultramels (which is what a Golddust is with the Caramel gene added), ... Ultra and Amel share the same locus (position on a chromosone) so... one or the other gene will be thrown.
This means that each individual baby ~will~ be either het Amel ~or~ het Ultra (50% chance for either/or). You just will not know which was inherited, by any individual baby, without test breeding.
 
Ok, so now it's more complicated than I thought. LOL. My eyes are crossing, but I totally understand what you've posted. The way you describe it is easy for me to understand. :)

It makes perfect sense. I think my brain just wants to THINK I don't get this stuff. LOL. :)
 
Don't worry about being confused, infact it's best to get used to being confused. Even if you get everything figured out good old Murphey will just throw in some hidden hets in and you'll be left scratching your head at a clutch going "what they heck are these?" :crazy02:
 
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