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Text Box: Barless
to
 Bar
Text Box: Parents markings

Text Box: Parent No 1 - Barless Cock or Hen (Sex doesn’t matter) and being Barless the hidden  pattern gene is also Barless - I have also shown the genetic symbol

Text Box: Parent No 2 - Opposite sex to parent No 1 and in this case a barred pigeon carrying barless

Text Box: Percentage split of youngsters produced

Text Box: Offspring produced in this case 50% Bars Carrying barless and 50% barless

Text Box: Notice the other mating has produced 100% Bars carrying barless that’s because one of ther parents was a pure bar ie: Bar carrying bar

 

PARENT 1

 

PARENT 2

 

OFFSPRING

 

Phenotype

Hidden

Pattern

Genetic

Symbol

Phenotype

Hidden

Pattern

Genetic

Symbol

 

%

Phenotype

Hidden

Pattern

Genetic Symbol

 

Barless

Barless

c//c

Bar

Barless

+//c

50

Bar

Barless

+//c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

Barless

Barless

c//c

 

Barless

Barless

c//c

Bar

Bar

+//+

100

Bar

Barless

+//c

 

Oval: +
Oval: c
Text Box: Bar  (+)

Text Box: Barless (c)

Text Box: Barless  (c)

Text Box: Barless (c)

Oval: c
Oval: c
Oval: +
Oval: c
Oval: c
Text Box: Barless

Text Box: Bar carrying Barless

Text Box: Bar carrying Barless

Text Box: Barless

Text Box: Barless
to
 Bar

 

PARENT 1

 

PARENT 2

 

OFFSPRING

 

Phenotype

Hidden

Pattern

Genetic

Symbol

Phenotype

Hidden

Pattern

Genetic

Symbol

 

%

Phenotype

Hidden

Pattern

Genetic Symbol

 

Barless

Barless

c//c

Bar

Barless

+//c

50

Bar

Barless

+//c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

Barless

Barless

c//c

 

Barless

Barless

c//c

Bar

Bar

+//+

100

Bar

Barless

+//c

 

Text Box: Barless
to 
Chequer

 

PARENT 1

 

PARENT 2

 

OFFSPRING

 

Phenotype

Hidden

Pattern

Genetic

Symbol