producing super pastels?

[deskjet]

does anyone know how to produce super pastels?

[Ktzero3]

Breed two Pastels, two Supers, or one Pastel and one Super.

http://www.ballpython.ca/what_get/co_dominant.html

[elevatethis]

heterozygous Pastel x heterozygous pastel = 25% super pastel
homozygous Pastel x heterozygous pastel = 50% super pastels
homozygous Pastel x homozygous Pastel = 100% super pastels

Pastel is a co-dominant trait, and producing the homozygous (super) form of a co-dominant trait required that both parents carry at least one pastel gene.

[deskjet]

yeah i thought that was the only way to breed:


pastel x pastel

since there is no such thing as a het pastel they are a co-dominant trait meaning if you breed then to a normal that you waill get all pastels or so i thought am i wrong?

[piranhaking]

there are pastels, and super pastels. Pastels have one copy of the gene (in this case called a het) super pastels have two copies of the gene (called homo in this case). All that a dominant gene means is that you only have to have one copy of the gene to have the trait, however, only one gene is passed on to the ofspring and it is entirely possible for the one gene passed on to be the normal gene. If a gene is co-dom it means it functions as a dom gene (you only need one copy to have the trait) but it also has a "homo" form that looks different from the "het" form. Some dom genes dont have a super form that appears different from the normal form (spiders for instance) those traits are called dominant. Maybe that clears it up a little for ya. If not let me know and i'll draw some punitt squares for you to explain it further.

[deskjet]

ok i see thanks for clearing that up

[piranhaking]

No problem. Co-dom can get confusing pretty easy.