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ok i am trying to learn more about the morph game. not to be a breeder but just because it is interesting. ok the real qustion i know you take a pastel normal to get more pastels right?
well how or what do you breed to what to get the pastel in the first place? or is it a natural occurring color. i've read that it is a co-dominant trait. if there is any one that can explain to me. to help me under stand more

thanx brian n chrissy

Pastels are a morph that was found in the wild. Most colorations are, and then are bred out to prove it genetic.

If you breed a Pastel to a Normal, you would get 50% pastels, 50% normals.

A codominant trait means that it shows up half the time in a breeding, and can be shown in the first filial generation (first clutch).

Hope this helps, and I know it is brief, but you can check the subforum about genetics to find out more.

Good luck!
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that helps thanx

>A codominant trait means that it shows up half the time in a breeding, and can be shown in the first filial generation (first clutch).

Albino is a recessive mutant gene. But if an albino is bred to a heterozygous albino, statistically half the babies will be albinos. This fits the definition above. So that definition is wrong.

A mutant gene is recessive if an animal that has a mutant gene paired with a normal gene looks normal.

A mutant gene is dominant if an animal that has a mutant gene paired with a normal gene looks like an animal with two copies of the mutant gene.

A mutant gene is codominant if an animal that has a mutant gene paired with a normal gene both does not look normal and does not look like an animal with two copies of the mutant gene.

Paul Hollander