question about the Blue dilution gene

[call ducks]

blue will dilute black to Blue/splash right, this i know. now the rest is not a guess, but i don't know forshure, that is why i posted here

i know the gene involve's Bl/Bl, bl/b,l Bl/bl i believe.

i was told that blue dilution gene is Co-Domenit (sorry can't speel that right) although i do not think this is true, is it?


Thanks Much

 

[pinkchick]

Yes, blue acts as a diluter (if that is even a word) one copy of the blue gene will dilute black to blue, 2 copies of the blue gene = Splash. The second copy of the blue gene dilutes the blue even further to splash.
Hope this helps.

 

[call ducks]

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yhe i get this part, but it'd when i get into the BL/BL, Bl/bl , bl/bl things that mess me up.

 

[pinkchick]

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yhe i get this part, but it'd when i get into the BL/BL, Bl/bl , bl/bl things that mess me up.

Okay, sorry, I misunderstood. Those letter things are alien to me and I have a slight grasp on them but not enough to quote. It was already hard enough for me to learn and retain the alphabet in grammer school...lol.

Hopefully some one will come by and school us both.

 

[catwalk]

Blue is incompletely dominant, a bit different from codominant, but it acts like you understand that it does. bl/bl is a black bird (disregarding other genes that may affect appearance), Bl/bl is blue, and Bl/Bl is splash.

 

[call ducks]

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ok this is very help full

 

[pinkchick]

Yes it is thanks for asking Call ducks and thanks for answering Catwalk. Very helpful!