Are reduced patterns genetic?

Thread Tittle says it, If my Pin has a really nice reduced pattern, would her offspring share the reduced pattern (supposing I mate her to another Pin or a normal)?


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It can be..You kind of have to see if it just was how the snake formed in the egg, or if it has some good genes to share that reduced pattern! Try mating her to a reduced patterned normal or another reduced pin.. :) If the babies are all reduced pattern..yay!!!

Only one way to find out haha breed that thing!

oh well. I'd have to wait a few years :oops:

Its always genetic, now can it be passed with 1 single gene or multiple genes is the question. Chances are your dealing with multiple genes, but your chances are obviously better then if you had a "normal" pin.

There are proved genetic reduced pattern or banded bp's. Now if your ball will pass it's looks down can only be shown by breeding. I have a bumble bee with a rear section that is reduced and a normal that the last half is reduced. I made a spider last year that was real reduced. Only 5 lines down the entire body. It way be the parents or not. Trying the same pairing again to see if it happens again. Time will tell.

Selective breeding is what separates the make a buck crowd from those that are in it to produce awesome animals. Just because something does not fall into the genetic classifications of recessive, dominate, and co-dominate does not mean it doesn't have some kind of effect on the offspring. The easiest way to produce amazing animals is to start with amazing animals. If that isn't an option you may have to breed for several years holding back the best stuff to get in right in the end.