King of Dinkers update...

[MarkS]

So, attempting to wrap my poor brain around all of the information...

The gene for KingDinker is probably recessive, which would mean he is homozygous for KingDinker. He threw a homozygous when bred back to mom, so mom has to have at least one gene, with the dad giving another copy of the gene...

So in total, you would have in your possession 3 animals who definitely have the KingDinker gene right now... with any offspring from KingDinker himself ALSO carrying at least one copy of the gene each(hets).

Do you still have KingDinker's dad?

Also, I wonder if mom actually is also KingDinker but it's being masked by the super mojave white washing it out?

Fascinating and I can't wait to see more updates. Thank you so much for sharing the whole process with us all. Sorry about the stillborn baby.

Not necessarily, we all know that alleles come in pairs and recessives are displayed when both alleles have the same mutation. Well, that's not necessarily the complete truth. Recessives are displayed when ALL alleles at the locus are displaying the mutation, sometimes there is only one. I've read of a condition known as partial monosomy where half of the gene pair can get skipped. If it happens at a locus where the gene has a mutation, then the mutation is displayed because there is no 'normal' half to cover for it. I often wonder if that's how 'spontanious' mutations happen.

I guess to know for sure, we'd have to know the parentage of the parents to see if there is a possibility that the dad could carry the gene too.