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I am not trying to be disrespectful but the explanation does not follow the principles of inheritance. If a rooster gives his genes to his daughter and she lays a dark colored egg, then she will be able to give the same genes to her daughters, so the daughters of the hen can possibly produce dark colored eggs. Even if a trait is sex linked it works the same way.
Both parents contribute genes that produce a trait in an organism. The father does not have more genetic material than the mother. If a father has dominant genes ( will express a trait) and a mother has recessive genes (does not show the trait) then the daughters will express the trait; they received the trait from their father. The daughters will be able to pass the dominant genes to their daughters and sons, the daughters and sons will show the dominant trait. In the latter case, the hens passed on the dominant trait to their sons and daughters.
I worked with blue/green egg color and I am working with a marans breeder. I have never seen nor read anything that would suggest that the father contributes more genetics than the mother. I am not trying to be a jerk- I am just trying to educate people.
Tim
I am not trying to be disrespectful but the explanation does not follow the principles of inheritance. If a rooster gives his genes to his daughter and she lays a dark colored egg, then she will be able to give the same genes to her daughters, so the daughters of the hen can possibly produce dark colored eggs. Even if a trait is sex linked it works the same way.
Both parents contribute genes that produce a trait in an organism. The father does not have more genetic material than the mother. If a father has dominant genes ( will express a trait) and a mother has recessive genes (does not show the trait) then the daughters will express the trait; they received the trait from their father. The daughters will be able to pass the dominant genes to their daughters and sons, the daughters and sons will show the dominant trait. In the latter case, the hens passed on the dominant trait to their sons and daughters.
I worked with blue/green egg color and I am working with a marans breeder. I have never seen nor read anything that would suggest that the father contributes more genetics than the mother. I am not trying to be a jerk- I am just trying to educate people.
Tim
