lesserxmojave

I was wondering if i bred a lesserxmojave BEL to a normal will i get lessers, mojaves and BELs?

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Originally Posted by Wexotics

I was wondering if i bred a lesserxmojave BEL to a normal will i get lessers, mojaves and BELs?

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All mojaves & lessers as its a super, with two Alleles of the same gene.

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Originally Posted by Totally Morphed

All mojaves & lessers as its a super, with two Alleles of the same gene.

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Actually in this case its not a Super, it is a combo. They may be of the same allele but they are not a super. Super is used to designate a homozygous form of one gene. Since the Lesser and Mojave are distinctly different it is a combo.

Beat me to it.... 25% Normal, Mojave, Lesser and BEL. :P

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Originally Posted by Sarin

Beat me to it.... 25% Normal, Mojave, Lesser and BEL. :P

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You can't reproduce the BEL.... From a BEL x Normal.

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Originally Posted by Turbo Serpent

Actually in this case its not a Super, it is a combo. They may be of the same allele but they are not a super. Super is used to designate a homozygous form of one gene. Since the Lesser and Mojave are distinctly different it is a combo.

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Super is a made up term, not a genetic one, and this combo behaves typically homozygous. As you've already seen calling it a combo is why people fail to grasp that you will only get lesser and Mojave hatchlings

But if it a combo like you said, can't it reproduce itself? Like say, breeding a Pewter to a Normal?

If not then I am very confused. Is it a super or a combo?

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Originally Posted by Sarin

But if it a combo like you said, can't it reproduce itself? Like say, breeding a Pewter to a Normal?

If not then I am very confused. Is it a super or a combo?

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It acts like a Super in the way it breeds, but is like a combo in the sense that you get 2 different genes out of the breeding to a normal.

So then it would be 50% Lesser and 50% Mojave? Confusing! :P

Learn something new everyday... Thanks. :)

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Originally Posted by Turbo Serpent

It acts like a Super in the way it breeds, but is like a combo in the sense that you get 2 different genes out of the breeding to a normal.

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Two phenotypes of the same gene

I'm a little confused myself. Since it is not a super and it can't reproduce a BEL that would mean i would get 33.33 % chance of producing normals,lessers and mojaves?

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Originally Posted by Wexotics

I'm a little confused myself. Since it is not a super and it can't reproduce a BEL that would mean i would get 33.33 % chance of producing normals,lessers and mojaves?

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50% Lesser 50% Mojave

A BEL is the result of an animal receiving 2 copies of a gene, one gene from each parent. In that regard consider a BEL a recessive animal like a pied or an albino. The confusion comes from the fact , that one copy of the gene cause a visually different animal than a normal i.e., a mojave, a lesser, or a Vin Russo Het Leucistic. Those genes are basically variations of the same gene, so no matter how they are combined they produce a BEL. Each 2 gene combination of the leucistic genes produces a slightly different result. So when you breed a BEL to a normal you will only produce visually different animals. So if your BEL is a result of a mojave bred to a lesser, then statistically the resulting babies will be 50% - visual mojave's and 50% - visual lesser's. Since your normal parent doesn't carry either a mojave or lesser gene, you can not produce more BEL's, because they will only receive one BEL gene from their BEL parent, regardless of what went into making that parent a BEL. I hope this is helpful.
Mike Kelly

Thanks alot that clears everything up. Im hoping to get a male BEL to breed to my female sable, and hopefully get real nice clutch:D

Well then if you breed a lesserXmojave BEL to your sable, and I am assuming that sable is co-dominant, then you will get sable lesser's, sable mojave's, lesser's and mojave's.
Mike
PS - sounds like a cool breeding