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Coat Color Inheritance in basenji

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  • misspodhradskyM

    ok i have a question. When you are doing a punnett square, lets say you have a dog that is DDKkYy and DDkkYy. Would you put one parent on top and one on the side and do the addition?

    …...kk.....Yy
    Kk..Kkkk…KkYy
    Yy..kkYy...YYyy

    How do you figure out what the puppy is? I dont understand how to take a parents code and put it into the punnett square. I know how to use the punnett square once its ready to be solved but i dont know how to determine where things go and how to evaluate the results (if there are more than 1 letter on each side)

    Miss Podhradsky

    Basenji owner/lover since 2002

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  • M

    Dd kk ayay , Dd kk ayat, Dd kk ayaw, Dd kk ayas, Dd kk aya
    DD Kk ayay = black
    Dd Kk ayay = black
    dd Kk ayay = Blue (dog German)
    dd Kbrk ayay = blue brindle
    DD Kbrk ayay = brindle
    Dd Kbrk ayay = brindle

    DdKbrK ayat

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  • M

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  • M

    example

    red x whait Dd kk ayay

    black x white
    Dd KbrK ayay

    DD Kk ayay = black x white
    Dd Kk ayay = black x white
    dd Kk ayay = blue (german dog)
    DD Kbrk ayay = brindle
    Dd Kbrk ayay = brindle
    dd Kbrk ayay = fawn brindle

    two
    red x white Dd kk ayat
    black x white Dd KbrK ayat

    possible combination
    DD Kk ayat = black
    Dd Kk ayat = black
    dd Kk ayat = blue (german dog)
    DD Kk atat =black (mask tricolor)
    Dd Kk atat = black (mask tricolor)
    dd Kk atat = blue tricolor
    DD Kbrk ayay = brindle
    Dd Kbrk ayat = brindle
    DD Kbrk atat = trindle
    Dd Kbrk ayat = brindle
    dd Kbrk ayay = blue brindle
    dd Kbrk ayat = blue brindle
    dd Kbrk atat = blue trindle

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  • misspodhradskyM

    @Monika:

    example

    red x whait Dd kk ayay

    black x white
    Dd Kbrk ayay

    DD kk ayay = red x white
    Dd kk ayay = red x white
    dd kk ayay = blue fawn
    DD Kbrk ayay = brindle
    Dd Kbrk ayay = brindle
    dd Kbrk ayay = fawn brindle

    two
    red x white Dd kk ayat
    black x white Dd KbrK ayat

    possible combination
    DD Kk ayat = black
    Dd Kk ayat = black
    dd Kk ayat = blue (german dog)
    DD Kk atat =black (mask tricolor)
    Dd Kk atat = black (mask tricolor)
    dd Kk atat = blue tricolor
    DD Kbrk ayay = brindle
    Dd Kbrk ayat = brindle
    DD Kbrk atat = trindle
    Dd Kbrk ayat = brindle
    dd Kbrk ayay = blue brindle
    dd Kbrk ayat = blue brindle
    dd Kbrk atat = blue trindle

    Im not sure what all this means. ayat are Yy. umm could you do it with Yy instead of ayay or atat? its just easier for me if you do. thanks

    Miss Podhradsky

    Basenji owner/lover since 2002

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  • M

    Big Y is a red
    small y - tricolor,saddle,agouti and recesiv gen.Can not have four different meanings

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  • TivaT

    Misspodhradsky:

    tri factored black dog - Kk ayat
    tri factored red dog - kk ayat

    Use punnett square for K locus and another punnett square for A locus:

    ….......K........k
    k….....Kk.......kk
    k........Kk.......kk

    So, we have Kk (twice) and kk (twice)

    A locus:

    …............ay..........at
    ay….......ayay.....ayat
    at..........ayat......atat

    We got ayay, ayat (twice), atat

    Than put both, K and A locus, together (every K result with every A result):

    Kk ayay - black
    Kk ayat - tri factored black
    Kk atat - tri factored black

    kk ayay - red
    kk ayat - tri factored red
    kk atat - tricolor

    Or, with your letters:
    tri factored black dog - Kk Yy
    tri factored red dog - kk Yy

    ….......K........k
    k….....Kk.......kk
    k........Kk.......kk

    …............Y..........y
    Y….......YY.........Yy
    y..........Yy......yy

    And than again, put all together:

    Kk YY - black
    Kk Yy - tri factored black
    Kk yy - tri factored black

    kk YY - red
    kk Yy - tri factored red
    kk yy - tricolor

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  • misspodhradskyM

    @Monika:

    Big Y is a red
    small y - tricolor,saddle,agouti and recesiv gen.Can not have four different meanings

    Yes i know that. But when you put ay, at, etc. it confuses me. I need the coding to be is Y,y, K, and k. I think thats it. but i cant follow when people add in different letter cuz i dont understand it :(

    Which sucks cuz when you use letters i know it starts getting easier and easier lol

    Miss Podhradsky

    Basenji owner/lover since 2002

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  • misspodhradskyM

    @Tiva:

    Misspodhradsky:

    tri factored black dog - Kk ayat
    tri factored red dog - kk ayat

    Use punnett square for K locus and another punnett square for A locus:

    ….......K........k
    k….....Kk.......kk
    k........Kk.......kk

    So, we have Kk (twice) and kk (twice)

    A locus:

    …............ay..........at
    ay….......ayay.....ayat
    at..........ayat......atat

    We got ayay, ayat (twice), atat

    Than put both, K and A locus, together (every K result with every A result):

    Kk ayay - black
    Kk ayat - tri factored black
    Kk atat - tri factored black

    kk ayay - red
    kk ayat - tri factored red
    kk atat - tricolor

    Or, with your letters:
    tri factored black dog - Kk Yy
    tri factored red dog - kk Yy

    ….......K........k
    k….....Kk.......kk
    k........Kk.......kk

    …............Y..........y
    Y….......YY.........Yy
    y..........Yy......yy

    And than again, put all together:

    Kk YY - black
    Kk Yy - tri factored black
    Kk yy - tri factored black

    kk YY - red
    kk Yy - tri factored red
    kk yy - tricolor

    OH! ok! so you dont do them all together. you do letter with letter and then add them! Oh ok!!! Thank you soo much! That helps alot!

    Miss Podhradsky

    Basenji owner/lover since 2002

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  • M

    letter "a" located in the locus A

    letter y,t,w,a, talking about hair color
    otherwise you can not save

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  • M

    Letter D intense color
    letter d lightened the color

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  • misspodhradskyM

    @Tiva:

    Kk YY - black
    Kk Yy - tri factored black
    Kk yy - tri factored black

    kk YY - red
    kk Yy - tri factored red
    kk yy - tricolor

    Where did you get the bold ones. I understand how to get the others but if you do it and add them together it makes no sense. …to me

    OR do you have to do

    1....2
    3....4

    1...2
    3...4

    do you have to do 1 with 1, 1 with 2, 1 with 3, 1 with 4....then 2 with 2, 2 with 3, 3 with 4....then 3 with 3, 3 with 4....then 4 with 4. and then take all the alike genes and group them. then take all the unalike genes and
    that is how you go the 2 extra genes?
    (I used 1,2,3,4 just to make it easier to understand than using letters K, Y, etc.)

    Miss Podhradsky

    Basenji owner/lover since 2002

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  • M

    Tiva helping me, thank you

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  • M

    I am beginning to be wrong.I'm going to sleep until tomorrow. (11 _55 PM)

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  • TivaT

    from K locus we got:
    Kk (and again Kk) - 1
    kk (and again kk) - 2

    from A locus we got:
    YY - a
    Yy (and again Yy) - b
    yy - c

    1 + a = 1a (Kk YY)
    1 + b = 1b (Kk Yy)
    1 + c = 1c (Kk yy)
    2 + a = 2a (kk YY)
    2 + b = 2b (kk Yy)
    2 + c = 2c (kk yy)

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  • misspodhradskyM

    @Tiva:

    from K locus we got:
    Kk (and again Kk) - 1
    kk (and again kk) - 2

    from A locus we got:
    YY - a
    Yy (and again Yy) - b
    yy - c

    1 + a = 1a (Kk YY)
    1 + b = 1b (Kk Yy)
    1 + c = 1c (Kk yy)
    2 + a = 2a (kk YY)
    2 + b = 2b (kk Yy)
    2 + c = 2c (kk yy)

    Oh ook i think i get it now, thx for the help in clearifying it. so would "A" always be YY, "b" always be Yy and "C" always be yy? or is that just for this example?

    Miss Podhradsky

    Basenji owner/lover since 2002

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  • lvossL

    Just for that example.

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  • misspodhradskyM

    oh. so how do you know what to use then. :(

    Miss Podhradsky

    Basenji owner/lover since 2002

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  • lvossL

    It depends on the alleles of the dog. The litter that I co-bred and have been posting puppy pictures of the parents are KkYy and KkYY. If you do the two punnet square way instead of the 16 punnet square way you would get.

    At the K locus

    ….......K........k
    K........KK.......Kk
    k........Kk.......kk

    At the A locus

    .............Y.............y
    Y..........YY...........Yy
    Y..........YY...........Yy

    So we get

    from K locus we got:
    KK - 1
    Kk (we get this twice) - 2
    kk - 3

    from A locus we got:
    YY (we get this twice) - a
    Yy (we get this twice) - b

    1 + a = 1a (KK YY)
    1 + b = 1b (KK Yy)
    2 + a = 2a (Kk YY)
    2 + b = 2b (Kk Yy)
    3 + a = 3a (kk YY)
    3 + b = 3b (kk Yy)

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