02-23-2017, 06:34 PM
hello,
I've been breeding my KittyCats for a while now trying to get rid of a trait that I find really ugly, which is the glowing "blacklight" eyes.
All the offspring so far (various breeding combinations from four original KittyCats), still have this trait, so I'm assuming it's "dominant" in the typical sense of mendelian genetics, because ... well that makes sense.
It's been many generations now and I'm starting to have my doubts about whether KittyCats even follow normal, basic genetic rules like this however.
Only ONE of the four original cats had "blacklight" eyes. TWO were basic genesis cats with regular blue or brown eyes and the fourth had "peach" coloured eyes. I've bred the cats together in as many combinations as time would allow (before their breeding capability petered out), and then bred their offspring together in the same way, eventually giving me 8 offspring from the 4 original KittyCats.
All EIGHT offspring have "blacklight" eyes even though only ONE of the original KittyCats had them.
What the heck is going on?
This would seem to defy all the odds as well as mathematics and genetics.
Any help is appreciated,
Sylvia
I've been breeding my KittyCats for a while now trying to get rid of a trait that I find really ugly, which is the glowing "blacklight" eyes.
All the offspring so far (various breeding combinations from four original KittyCats), still have this trait, so I'm assuming it's "dominant" in the typical sense of mendelian genetics, because ... well that makes sense.
It's been many generations now and I'm starting to have my doubts about whether KittyCats even follow normal, basic genetic rules like this however.
Only ONE of the four original cats had "blacklight" eyes. TWO were basic genesis cats with regular blue or brown eyes and the fourth had "peach" coloured eyes. I've bred the cats together in as many combinations as time would allow (before their breeding capability petered out), and then bred their offspring together in the same way, eventually giving me 8 offspring from the 4 original KittyCats.
All EIGHT offspring have "blacklight" eyes even though only ONE of the original KittyCats had them.
What the heck is going on?
This would seem to defy all the odds as well as mathematics and genetics.
Any help is appreciated,
Sylvia