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Rextiles
at Thu May 24 00:44:22 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rextiles ]
Do Supercondas produce all Anacondas when bred to normals?
Technically yes. As the super form of a Codominant trait, a Superconda should produce all Anacondas when bred to a normal.
This is how the ratios of Supercondas/Anacondas should play out:
Superconda x Superconda = 100% Supercondas
Superconda x Anaconda = 50% Supercondas, 50% Anacondas
Superconda x Normal = 100% Anacondas
Anaconda x Anaconda = 25% Supercondas, 25% Normals, 50% Anacondas
Anaconda x Normal = 50% Anacondas, 50% Normals
Codominant trait ratios are basically the same as they are for Recessive traits with the exception that the hets in a Codominant trait are a visual phenotype whereas the hets in a Recessive trait are hidden. In other words, Anacondas are basically the het form of a Superconda.
This is my first year breeding our Superconda "Twix" and we chose to pair her with our original Anaconda, to produce our first Supercondas of course. Twix's first clutch consisted of only 3 eggs hatching out producing 1 Superconda and 2 Anacondas for a ratio of 33%. Twix double clutched giving us 11 more eggs. Out of those 11 eggs, we produced 3 Supercondas and 8 Anacondas for a ratio of 27%, far below the 50% prediction rate of a Punnett square.
Having said all of that, while our ratios for producing Supercondas didn't play out as the Punnett square predicted, it's technically foolproof however that a Superconda, when bred to a Normal, should produce all Anacondas based on the pairing of genes from both parents.
I hope that is helpful! 
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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles
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