Quote Originally Posted by philippe View Post
Hey everyone
IM new to this forum since i havent posted anything yet but have been looking for a long time now.
I have a female normal and a very nice male pastel (possible super)
Anyways my question is how does it work when you get a killer bee
I understand basic genetics but a pastel + spider makes a bumblebee because one pastel allele combines with one spider allele right

and what makes a super pastel is two pastel alleles right

so how does combining a super pastel and a spider make something different than combing a pastel to a spider
you cant have two alleles from one parent so how do you get killer bees from super pastel to spider

May be stupid question but it beats me

Thank you

Philippe
There is no mistake between a pastel and a super. If you bought a pastel, it is almost a guaranteed pastel. I doubt a breeder could make that mistake and loose money over it.. :]

I could be wrong on this, but I'm using what I know about genetics. Because the Super Pastel is Homozygous, it can only transfer one pastel gene to each of the offspring..
So let me see.. From the SP x Spider I think it would have all bumble bee offspring.. However, Isn't the spider gene Heterozygous Dominant? So then it would also have the allele for Normal. If this is true it would be 50% for Pastels and 50% for Bees. At least I think..

Because the spider is dominant.. But I'm pretty sure you won't get anything other than bees, spiders, pastels, and normals.

Edit: Also, the Pastel can only transfer one gene as well, either the Pastel allele or the Normal allele, which in this case would give chances for Normals as the normal allele is dominant.