Give Me an Example #1

This is all so exciting. I love learning this stuff. And my fiance will be so happy. My fiance loves genetics. Even has a DNA strand tattooed on one leg. :carrot:

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Originally Posted by ivylea77

As for breeding spider to spider, no super form has yet to be found.

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That depends on what you mean by "super form". While the visual aspect of a homozygous spider may not be distinguishable from the heterozygous spider, there are distinct differences, such as the homozygous spider will always produce offspring with spider patterning, which I consider to be pretty "super". :D

The spider would have to carry a pastel gene, would it not? So if you got two pastel spiders (Bumble Bee) together, you have the potential of killer bee's?

Do you get Bumble Bee out of crossing a spider with a pastel. Because the pastel is Co-Dominant it creates the Bumble Bee by mixing with the spider?

ya. The way to produce the most killer bee's would be to have a homozygous dominant bumble bee spider and breed it to another bumblebee spider.
It can really be done several ways, but you absolutely have to have a bumble bee ( A spider with pastel gene) and another pastel to breed it to. Those would be the min. requirements.

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Originally Posted by ctrlfreq

That depends on what you mean by "super form". While the visual aspect of a homozygous spider may not be distinguishable from the heterozygous spider, there are distinct differences, such as the homozygous spider will always produce offspring with spider patterning, which I consider to be pretty "super". :D

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But there is no super 'form' like the super pastel, or Blue eyed lucy. Most people in the business consider the super form of something to be visibly different.

So lets say you have a spider and a pastel. Breed them and one of the offspring is a BumbleBee. Then breed that BumbleBee to another pastel, you have a chance of getting a Killer Bee?

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

The spider would have to carry a pastel gene, would it not? So if you got two pastel spiders (Bumble Bee) together, you have the potential of killer bee's?

Do you get Bumble Bee out of crossing a spider with a pastel. Because the pastel is Co-Dominant it creates the Bumble Bee by mixing with the spider?

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Yes, that's how you get a bumble bee. I beleive that is a 1/4 chance of getting one too!

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

So lets say you have a spider and a pastel. Breed them and one of the offspring is a BumbleBee. Then breed that BumbleBee to another pastel, you have a chance of getting a Killer Bee?

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yes. Depending on the sex, say the mother was the pastel and the bumble bee is a male, you could even breed the bee back to the female pastel to get a killer bee

I think my homework for tonight is to create a punnet for the spider and pastel. If the pastel is Co-dom, does it show in its het form? or only in its homozygous form?

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

I think my homework for tonight is to create a punnet for the spider and pastel. If the pastel is Co-dom, does it show in its het form? or only in its homozygous form?

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Pastel will always show, but the super version is visually different.