View Full Version : ??? bumble bee x normal


greghall
03-06-2009, 10:08 PM
will only get pastels,spiders & normals right?

Tosha
03-06-2009, 10:20 PM
It is possible for them to pass on the pastel and spider genes to the same offspring - so yes it is possible to get bumbles as well. :yessir:

greghall
03-06-2009, 10:29 PM
Thats basically what I wanted to know is it possible to get a bee from this pairing?

jayefbe
03-06-2009, 10:36 PM
1/4 bee, 1/4 pastel, 1/4 spider, 1/4 normal

Varanus99
03-07-2009, 07:13 AM
Thats good to know :yessir:

JChandler
03-07-2009, 07:36 AM
Don't think I have seen any reference that jumps out in my memory of the odds hitting with any accuracy. Possible but don't know how likely, keep us updated if you do it.

Clay Davenport
03-07-2009, 08:06 AM
Jayefbe is correct. Breeding a bumblebee to a normal is essentially the same as breeding a pastel to a spider to make bees. The same number of genes are involved, but in this case they all belong to one parent.
The bee parent has both the spider and pastel genes, each paired with a normal gene. The two mutations occur at different loci, and it must pass on one of each at each loci. That gives four possible combinations:
PS (bee)
Pn (pastel)
Sn (spider)
nn (normal)

These genes being co-dom and other parent is contributing only normal genes at all loci, so it's effect can be ignored. That leaves an equal chance to produce all four possible combinations in the offspring, each having a 25% chance.