Genetics! I have no idea... HELP!

[Illia]

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. . . Chocolate? I don't understand your question. Chocs are a sex-linked recessive gene though.

 

[RioLindoAz]

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. . . Chocolate? I don't understand your question. Chocs are a sex-linked recessive gene though.

Is CHOC the only sex-linked recessive gene out there? How exactly does it function?


Thanks

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Are you trying to understand the inheritance of choc?

A female either has Choc+ or choc. If she has choc, she will be chocolate coloured, and will pass the gene to her sons.

A male has either Choc+/Choc+, Choc+/choc or choc/choc. Those that are choc/choc are chocolate coloured, and will pass a copy of the gene to all offspring. Those that are Choc+/choc will not be chocolate coloured, but will pass the gene on to about half their offspring.

I guess you could consider gold to be incompletely recessive.

And not-barred is recessive. Looking at things backwards.