Dominance Orders for furs, eyes & traits in Google Docs

[Kayleigh McMillan]

(04-08-2012 05:54 AM)Tad Carlucci Wrote:  Most likely, especially from the types where there are only a few values, such as Pupils, the distribution function is biased. By that I mean the starters probably hand out more Big hiding Big than Big hiding Small. So, the difficulty is not in the breeding process, it's in finding a PAIR of starters which both contain the required hidden.

Once you leave the use of Starters, the problem is genetic drift .. which is to say your own actions can make it harder. If you spend a generation or two not caring AT ALL about Pupil, especially if you never get lucky and actually see Small appear, the odds are fairly good any Small hidden alleles disappeared from the small group you've been working with, and you'll need to re-introduce it when you do decide to care about it.

Sound indeed as a proper explanation.
My Breed approach is putting a known 8T or 9T Bengal Snow ( rounded ears, perfect rainbow, curious tail, mysterious white whiskers and eventually a shade if I want that) against a starter or other desired kitty.
From these I breed a sibling pair.
When the siblings breed an offspring which shows a lot of traits I did put in to it I back breed the offspring to the parent with the other gender and create a new breeding pair this way or I achieved my goal.
It takes a while but I like this best so far no wonder I release so little
I'm curious how others breed btw!