Normal X Pastel

[Brimstone111888]

That I know.

But being HET PASTEL is construing that it is a Normal Het for Pastel, which is not possible...

Am I on the wrong track here? I feel like we may all be saying the same thing in different ways...

And yes, before you ask, I am quibbling with semantics.

You are thinking het means RECESSIVE, which it does not. A Het pastel is a normal pastel. Since it only has one pastel gene it is heterozygous. We don't use the extra word of "het" with pastel since it is unnesscessary, as the pastel gene is co-dom, therefore visual.

Het clown = Normal ball with 1 clown gene
Since clown is recessive the clown gene is not expressed in the phenotype

Het pastel = Normal ball with 1 pastel gene or commonly called a Pastel

Sicne pastel is co-dom the pastel gene is expressed in the phenotype.


I think your error Heather is in thinking het means recessive.

Hope I explained it clear enough if not I can try again