Learning genetics in science!
The first thing we are learning is genetics and we've been on this topic for a week or so. So far I've guessed many of the outcomes since I've been trying to get my genetics for BPs down lol! Though, I do have a question.
If a recessive trait is combined with another (ex: Axanthic x Axanthic), will all the offspring be that recessive trait?
That's the part I kinda got confused on. Wouldn't only some or half of the offspring be the recessive trait and the others are a dominant trait het. the recessive trait? But when I think about that, the recessive trait wasn't het. for a dominant trait since that is not possible, so the offspring would be all the recessive trait?
I got confused thinking about this, and hopefully I made it clear lol.
Though, I think this science activity is fun because I really want to learn genetics since I will be breeding BPs in the future :].
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hey slacker =p
i posted this thread:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...d.php?t=100152
it cleared up a lot o_O
to ur question tho, to my understanding, yes u will get all axanthics
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h00blah
Ok I understand it now lol. Thanks for posting up that link, it really helped A LOT!
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Uhhh... yess. If it was say two different recessives, such as axanthic to albino, the offspring will be double-recessive.
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I'm not positive but i'm pretty sure that this is what will happen50% of the babies will be axanthic and 50% will be 100% het axanthic.
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jere000
I'm not positive but i'm pretty sure that this is what will happen50% of the babies will be axanthic and 50% will be 100% het axanthic.
Yeah and you'd be wrong. Visual Recessive x Visual Recessive=Visual Recessive.
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pavlovk1025
Yeah and you'd be wrong. Visual Recessive x Visual Recessive=Visual Recessive.
Oh i guess so pav oh well.