Questions about breeding co-doms to recessive

So Im new to learning all the morph/genetics. I think Im getting the hang of it slowly, but I had a question Id like confirmed.

I know breeding a recessive to a co-dom will basically make normals/co-doms het recessive correct?

So assuming thats right, if I bred a fire to a albino Id get normals/fires het albino?

Then if I re-bred a fire het albino to another fire Id have a chance of normals, fires and possibly something a little interesting?

I could be way off on this, which is why Im asking. Theres alot of useful links on this site, but Id like a clearer understanding on this.

If you breed a Fire het albino to a Fire you would get Fires, Normals, and BEL's possible het Albino I believe.

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Originally Posted by Sarin

If you breed a Fire het albino to a Fire you would get Fires, Normals, and BEL's possible het Albino I believe.

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Spot on

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if I bred a fire to a albino Id get normals/fires het albino?

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You would get fire het albinos and het albinos (Those would be
100% het)

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Then if I re-bred a fire het albino to another fire Id have a chance of normals, fires and possibly something a little interesting?

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You would get 25% BEL + 50% Fire + 25% Normal and all those would be considered 50% Het Albino.

Ok so the recessive trait wont come out with a het breeding to a co-dom. Thats what I was trying to figure out. I read a site that was saying it was possible, but I couldn't figure out how.

Thanks for the clear up :)

<and sorry I knew about BlkELs, forgot to include them. Dont ask me how I could forget about those!>

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Originally Posted by Sariel

So Im new to learning all the morph/genetics. I think Im getting the hang of it slowly, but I had a question Id like confirmed.

I know breeding a recessive to a co-dom will basically make normals/co-doms het recessive correct?

So assuming thats right, if I bred a fire to a albino Id get normals/fires het albino?

Then if I re-bred a fire het albino to another fire Id have a chance of normals, fires and possibly something a little interesting?

I could be way off on this, which is why Im asking. Theres alot of useful links on this site, but Id like a clearer understanding on this.

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You kind of defeat the purpose of breeding the fire to an albino..little intresting could only be possible hets..you would be better going fire het albino to albino..fire albino..abino..fire..fire hets and normal hets

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Originally Posted by Sariel

Ok so the recessive trait wont come out with a het breeding to a co-dom. Thats what I was trying to figure out. I read a site that was saying it was possible

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It does however you need two copies of that recessive gene so depending on what you are trying to accomplish here you would need to do

Fire Het Albino x Het Albino or Albino to get a shot at a Fire Albino

Fire Het Albino x Fire Het Albino to get a shot at a BEL Albino

Ok, that makes sense. It also sounds like a fun project to try out down the line!!

:gj::gj:

Just remember the fire has a lack of melanin. The albinos you would eventually get from that project would be bright but the markings would most likely be very pale. Im guessing it would look like a faded albino. I dont think you would increase the contrast at all if thats what your going for. On the contrary. Unless you are going for something like the polar ball. In that case you would need 2 fires that are 100% het for albino and breed them together to get an albino black eyed lucy. (there are other ways to make that combo but thats just the first way that came to mind). In essence I would rather try for that. An albino black eyed lucy instead of an albino fire.

If anyone thinks differently please comment.