I have some convict fry now, one batch from striped pair and one batch from an albino pair. I was wondering how people breed calico convicts? I've read pages that suggest striped (black) convict have a dominant genotype (like AA), albino convicts are recessive phenotypes (aa), and calico are co-dominant (Aa). This doesn't seem likely to me because one would expect more calico's on the market since there would be more of those than albino or striped convicts from a typical heterozygous mating (1:2:1 ratio). Also, the offspring my striped pair had before (by previous owner) yielded albino's which would be impossible by the above hypothesis.
I'm guessing it may be a double homozygous recessive trait (aa bb). My albino fry are from the offspring of my striped pair, so I'm hoping this F2 generation has calico potential. Does anyone know how this actually works?!? Thx alot!! :dance:
I'm guessing it may be a double homozygous recessive trait (aa bb). My albino fry are from the offspring of my striped pair, so I'm hoping this F2 generation has calico potential. Does anyone know how this actually works?!? Thx alot!! :dance: