Color Genes Punnett Squares

[Henk69]

On that page you are advised to re-bookmark to kippenjungle.nl...

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Thanx Henk! I will try and absorb this. What's scary is that every day a another little piece of the coding puzzle makes a little more sense, and I'm beginning to be able to read the formulas, and know most of the abbreviations now. So you can teach an old dog new tricks!!!

 

[kathyinmo]

This is a great thread.

 

[wpalmisano]

This is a great thread.

Seriously, I just found it. It is a great thread.

 

[Acschmitt]

according to Chicken Calculator @ kippenjungle.nl/BasisEN.htm. :

Quote: this site has been very helpful especially with our breeding program and understanding the punnett squares. Even has all the abbreviations to understand the colors and basics. just helpful hints for you all. I'm still new at this myself. also talking to tadkerson (Tim) or Henk69 both very informative on subject


Quote: Hope this helps

 

[AraucanaAnnie]

Wow!

This is so interesting and helpful!

 

[tadkerson]

according to Chicken Calculator @ kippenjungle.nl/BasisEN.htm. : mottled = Mo

this site has been very helpful especially with our breeding program and understanding the punnett squares. Even has all the abbreviations to understand the colors and basics. just helpful hints for you all. I'm still new at this myself. also talking to tadkerson (Tim) or Henk69 both very informative on subject


Hope this helps

Just remember- in the classic use of symbols (genotypes) recessive genes should be in lower case. In the case of mottling, the mottling gene is mo (lower case) and the normal gene or wild type gene is Mo+. There is a newer way of writing genotypes- I think for now it is best to stick with the classic way. The newer way would be MO*N for the normal gene and MO*MO for mottling.

The MO indicates the mottling locus and the N is for natural or wild type allele. MO is the allele for mottling.

Tim

 

[Henk69]

I always use uppercase GENE symbol and lowercase ALLELE symbol if recessive (uppercase if dominant). Example Mo-gene or Mo-locus, but mo = mottled
To use lowercase gene symbol when the first or only allele is recessive does not make sense to me. A gene or locus is not dominant or recessive on its own.
There are genes/loci that have multiple alleles that are dominant to wildtype and recessive to the wildtype allele.
Remains the problem what case to give to the wildtype allele...
Explains why there is a new notation.

 

[earlybird10842]

I don't know what it is about punnet squares that lets someone like me in on the complex world of genetics.

 

[Henk69]

I don't know what it is about punnet squares that lets someone like me in on the complex world of genetics.

It is like a comic about genetics