On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:21:41 -0500, Barbara Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I've been thinking about the recent lessons on color genetics on
>this list.
>If I understand it right, since black is dominant, it is always
>expressed? So if you cross a tri with a b&t, you will only get
>those colors? And the same with crossing a blenheim and a ruby,
>you get only blenheim and ruby?


Hi Barb,

Almost right! <VBG> The black is always dominant to red but a Black and Tan
and a Tricolor can "carry" red and pass that on to any offspring. If the
Black and Tan "carries" red, then when bred to another Black and Tan or
Tricolor that also "carries" red, you may get a Ruby. And if the Black and
Tans also "carry" the recessive broken-color gene, then you could get a
Blenheim from the two Black and Tans. But you are right in that, when
breeding Blenheims and Rubys, you will never get a Black and Tan or a
Tricolor.

Take care, Jackie

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