Just went on big Mikes website, and Im not sure about something..... Either Im confused about the genetics, or I disagree with a few statements about the ParaGlow.....

I am no expert on the paradigms, but the way I understand it, and correct me if I'm wrong which I may be..... The Boawoman Caramel Hypo works as a simple recessive gene. As does the Sharp Strain Albino. Breeding a BW Caramel Hypo x Sharp Albino created the Paradigm, which is a visual double heteroygous animal. Looks different from normal wild-type appearing offspring that would be het for either the BW hypo or sharp albino.

So this double het is het for both BW Hypo and Sharp strain. Got it so far. Take this double het animal, (paradigm), and breed it to a DH Sharp Strain sunglow, which in turn created the PARAGLOW, which breaks down to a Sharp Sunglow that is 50% possible het for BW Caramel Hypo. I say it is 50% het for BW Hypo because the DH Sharp sunglow did not have that BW Hypo gene which is recessive. So the offsrping come out as 50% hets

With me so far? Now here's the problem I dont understand. And again, I may be confused, so correct me if Im wrong. On Big Mike's website, he clearly states that this paraglow was created using a paradigm/DH Sharp sunglow breeding. Which is why I used this example. But when you look up the Paraglow on his website, he states, and I quote- "Make NO mistake, the Paraglow IS a T+ Sunglow as it is a Hypo form of T+ Albino."

Now slow down just a minute. T-positive is a recessive trait all of it's own, not compatible with sharp albino or BW Caramel Hypo. So how is this Paraglow a T-Positive sunglow? I do agree the T-positive sunglow will come out looking very similiar to this paraglow Mike has created, but the genetics stated here don't match up..... In order to produce a T-positive sunglow, you would have to breed a T-positive to a salmon/hypo, which would produce DH T-Positive sunglows. Breed that DH back to a T-positive, which would give you the T-Positive Sunglow

Again, I am no expert on the paraglow genetics, so maybe I skipped over something important. But this is how I understand it, which doesn't make any sense to me. Can anybody provide some insight?????????

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