Tony,

Your numbers are correct. Just keep in mind that the Arabesque and Hypo genes work against perfect numbers. Being CoDom genes, you could get all or nothing with them. Even though the numbers show that 50% of your babies should be Arabesque and that half of those should carry the Hypo gene, you could get just plain Arabesque het Albino.



In working the Punet squares I have found it better to still show all the genes in each animal even if they are not active. For instance, for your Arabesque I would use Rr'AaHH and for the Sunglow I would use RRaaHh'. If you are working with pure BCI species it doesnt really matter if you leave off the unsupporting genes but it makes a difference if you wanted to know what happens to get a Hypo Hogg or what you get when you cross 2 Hypo Hoggs, etc. I have worked thru many of these same senarios. I have a pair of Hypo Hogg X Anery siblings that I'm raising up and I really want to know if I can predict how many of the offspring will exhibit the Hogg Island traits. I should be able to get Anery and Ghost Hoggs from the pairing. And I know darn well the minute I get babies out I'll get a few that look 100% Columbian. I may even put my male Hypo Hogg Het Anery with a female Arabesque het Anery Pos Het Albino just to see what they throw.



Just remember that you still need to do a few breeding trials to prove them out. The first year should tell you what she is capable of producing and a second year with the same pair should solidify the percentages. Good Luck.



Chris

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