Whats the outcome?

[chinlato]

Hi all, new to this forum!

I have 2 amelanistic corns, was wondering, if they turn out to be a male and female, would the babies come out a really nice amelanistic colour? Or would other colours come of it?

Im not too good with genetics yet, so just a question!

And how about an amelanistic x snow corn?

Thanks.

 

[ZoologyGirl]

amel x amel = amel
amel x snow = amel het for anery

 

[chinlato]

so an amel het for anery means =

if i cross a amel and a snow, i get an amelanistic corn which carries the gene to produce anerys?

what does het actually mean? does it mean is will POSSIBLY produce some anerys? or it WILL produce some.

Thanks in advance.

 

[ZoologyGirl]

so an amel het for anery means =

if i cross a amel and a snow, i get an amelanistic corn which carries the gene to produce anerys?

essentially yes. It will visually be an amel...but will carry anery in a heterozygous form, meaning it's offspring have the chance of showing anery

what does het actually mean? does it mean is will POSSIBLY produce some anerys? or it WILL produce some.

Thanks in advance.

het is short for heterozygous. There are 2 alleles for each trait, one from the father, one from the mother. These alleles can be homozygous dominant (AA), heterozygous (Aa), and homozygous recessive (aa). The only way for a trait to show is for the animal to be homozygous recessive (aa). Heterozygous means it won't show that trait, but it carries the recessive allele for that trait which it will pass on to some of it's offspring.

het anery x het anery = 25% of the hatchlings will be anery
anery x het anery = 50 % of the hatchlings will be anery
anery x anything not het or homo. recessive anery = no hatchlings will be anery

(obviously these percentages aren't going to be exact, as nature will run it's own course)

 

[chinlato]

Ah so..

amel x amel = amel

amel x snow = amel het for anery

amel x amel het = some amel hatchlings and some anery hatchlings? obviously nature will decide the percentages?

Thanks.

Ahh i see how it all works, because snow is a combination of anery and amel.

 

[Shiari]

amel x amel het (something) = all amel hatchlings 50%*possibly* het for whatever the one parent has.

Amel het anery x amel het anery will give you a mix of amel and snows. None will look like aneries, because the amel trait is double recessive in both parents.