pied question

[Kathy]

If i bred a pied male with a normal female, what would I expect to get? 50% het 50% normal? Im no good trying to work out the percents.

Thanks!

[Burmies]

Your guess is as good as mine, sorry I can not help you.

Burmies

[Markus Jayne]

Yes.

All the babies would appear normal, but based on the LOA, 50% would carry the pied gene.

MJ

[Corey Woods]

Pied x Normal = all 100% hets!

The pied gene is simple recessive and thus acts like any other recessive gene (such as the albino gene....etc)

Corey Woods

[Kathy]

ok sweet, so if I bred one of htose 50% het girls back to the peid dad, I should get 25% peid, 50% het and 25% normal (providing they were het) or 50% het/50% normal if they werent, right?

[Corey Woods]

Pied x normal = all 100% hets

Pied x 100% het = 1/2 pied and 1/2 100% hets

Pied x Pied = all pieds

Corey

[Ron]

Like Corey said, if you breed a Pied male to a normal female you get all hets. If you breed the Pied male back to his daughters you should get 50% Pieds and 50% definite hets. Hope that is clear.

Ron

[Ron]

Corey,

You beat me to the punch.

Ron

[Markus Jayne]

OOPS!

I was thinking het male to normal = 50%.

The others are correct.

If Corey were to breed his Pied male to 10 of my normal females I would get all hets and I would thank him very much!

It was worth a try!

Thanks Corey.

[Just Me]

Looks like math equations.

I learned how recessive genes work a while ago, but forgot.
Good refresher, Cory & Ron. :thumbsup:

[Herpogirl]

honestly I can not say

[Kathy]

sweet! Thanks for the help everyone, I might have to get me a pied male once my female grows up and I come into a bit of money, lol

Thanks again

[dm101081]

A "BIT" of money??? LOL. If you think that a pied male only costs a bit of money, I would love to see what costs a lot.

[Ron]

I would say a "Killer Bee" or "Albino Spider" would be alot of money. LOL