Curious question about pea combs. (might be a dumb question)

[Happy Chooks]

I know, I had to read it 3 times.

 

[newchickmom09]

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I totally agree I had to read it a couple times too.

 

[saladin]

Simply reinforces to me why all my chickens lay white or brown eggs. saladin

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

ROTFL!

In general, which chromosome a gene is on in a parent is irrelevant. When they are linked, they are usually inherited together.

Imagine that you have two closets with pretty similar contents: a suit, a dress, a skirt, a blouse, a jacket, a sweater. If for some reason the same item in each closet is exactly alike: same brand, style, size & colour--you would not be able to tell which closet the item came from. On the other hand, if there was something different about them--colour, style, etc., you would know which closet it came from.

Okay, you're passing an entire set of clothes on--you will likely grab some from one closet and some from the other. But let's say that you had twist tied some of the hangers together--say the suit & blouse--it would be easier to simply take both from one closet rather than unseparating the twist ties, selecting one of the items from one closet and the other from the other closet, and then re-tying them together. So for those items, you simply take them from the same closet. This is linkage.

 

[never_ending_fermata]

wow. is that why i have a sumatra/polish mix that lays greenish eggs? that explains a lot!

 

[saladin]

You mean to tell me you read that stuff and it EXPLAINED it! Wow, man you are messed up. lol. saladin

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Where did I lose you?

 

[saladin]

Don't even try. I have to really be in-to-it to desire to know all the genetic symbols. lol. And this one ain't it! ha. But I'm glad it is for somebody. saladin

 

[sonew123]

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LOL

my laughing into histerics does not mean to take away any intelligence on Sonorans behalf--Im jealous but filled with giggles trying to fully digest what you say sometimes-doink! you are one smart cookie on genetics

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Thank you--it took me quite awhile to get where I am, but the more you learn the more easily it comes. I can remember trying to wrap my heead around the concept of a sex-linked gene--how could a hen express the recessive version if she only had one copy?

Sometimes the obvious completely sails over my head the first time or three.

P.S. didn't anyone like my clothes closet analogy?