breeding for recessive traits

[anna Acanthus]

(05-29-2014 05:40 PM)Ivy Norsk Wrote:  

Karloff Wrote:I breed the two siblings together. Because the hidden fur and eyes are recessive to the shown (dominant) fur and eyes, the kittens will share the parent's shown traits, but will still have the same hidden traits as the parents as well?

Well, yes, the shown traits will be the same as the dominant trait shown by the parent, but as to the hidden traits, that can change.

Well it's early morning for me so i may well be missing something and if i am i apologize, Ivy has probably understood the question better than i have, but i'm having trouble with this as a stand-alone statement as the parents' hidden traits could produce an offspring with the parents' hidden traits shown and hidden, no ?



Now i don't have an identical example of Karloff's description but even if Juna and Circehyll had been siblings Guadaloupe's resulting coat could have been the same. (Also, even if Bali Cream had been the only fur showing on this pedigree page the Snow Cream could still have been passed down)

** Note also that at this point i can't know what the hidden eye is as either side could have produced the Ody Sublime and the hidden eye could even be off the page, but of course it could be just Ody Sublime again. I've even had Ody Bellini pop out in cousins and i had absolutely no idea that it had been lurking.
His hidden shade will be either Twinkle or his Mom's hidden Flash but the odds are for Twinkle.