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Rainshadow
at Fri Jun 24 12:36:02 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rainshadow ]
This 50% split we always talk about is based strictly on probable,statistical odds as they relate to calculations we make using Punnett's square,in an attempt to predict the potential outcome of various genetic combinations...in order to use what we know about genetics,we must identify & assign a behavioral characteristic to a given mutation...that being said,it is entirely possible to breed a het.hypo & get less,(or,more)than 50% expression in the resulting litter. This year I bred a het.hypo to a non-hypo,out of 10 babies,only three were hypo...so 50% expression is not guaranteed,merely implied by statistical averages.(imagine if this breeding had involved a het albino bred to a "normal"...the litter would be sold as 50% poss. het.,when in fact only 3 babies would've actually been heterozygous!)
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