Genetics Question?

Ok so i recently saw a clutch of a lemon blast male AND a bumble bee male that was bred to a butter and the clutch had bees, butters, lemon blasts and a pastel?

So if you breed 2 different males to a single female you will come out with random genetics? im so confused. :confused:

One or both of the males can father the clutch.

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Originally Posted by FatBoy

One or both of the males can father the clutch.

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he is right you are playing the "who's your daddy" game on this one!!!!

I use a second or even a third male as back up sometimes. I would encourage it, especially with codominant genes.

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Originally Posted by Jason Bowden

I use a second or even a third male as back up sometimes. I would encourage it, especially with codominant genes.

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We use multiple males ONLY with dom/codom. Mixing with recessives will throw off your het ratios.

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Originally Posted by Pulcher

Ok so i recently saw a clutch of a lemon blast male AND a bumble bee male that was bred to a butter and the clutch had bees, butters, lemon blasts and a pastel?

So if you breed 2 different males to a single female you will come out with random genetics? im so confused. :confused:

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When balls breed the females retain the sperm until ovulation. So if she breeds to multiple males then there will be a whole wish-wash of sperm from the males swimming around waiting to fertilise her eggs. What pops out will be the luck of the draw but all the sperm from all the males will have a chance.:gj:

i think next year i am going to try 5 daddies,see if i get 5 different morphs,,atleast itd be interested waiting for the eggs to hatch

theres no chance of getting...say a bee if you breed a male pastel and spider to a norm female right?

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Originally Posted by sum182

theres no chance of getting...say a bee if you breed a male pastel and spider to a norm female right?

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No, each egg can only be fathered by one male.

yup..just like humans,a woman can have triplets with 3 seperate daddies,but only one daddy per kid