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50% leu het
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10/22/08 07:02 PM
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What does leu het really means?
So if I have a WFB that is 50% leu het, and then I pair him with a normal female or another 50%leu het.
What will the offspring be?
And How Do You REALLY Know If It's A Leu Het or NOT?
Thanks, I'm a little confused
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Re: 50% leu het
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10/22/08 07:20 PM
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Het means they carry a specific gene without expressing it. The percent means the chance they are a Het (they are carrying that gene). So there is about a 50% chance that your WFB is carrying the gene for leucism. If he is carrying the gene, when paired with a leucistic glider or another glider that is also carrying the gene, he will be able to produce leucistic joeys. But there is an equal chance that he is not. I will leave the percentages of offspring up to someone else, but with the pairings, you would get all normals or WF/WFB with the pairing of WFB 50% leu het and normal (the would have some percentage of het, but I don't know what that would be). With the pairing of your boy and another 50% leu het you may get normals, WF/WFBs and *possibly* leus (which would prove out both of the 50% leu hets to be 100% leu hets). Again the non leus would be some % of leu het, but I don't know what that would be, I will let someone with more experience explain it. The only way you can be SURE that you have a leu het is by having leu offspring.
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Re: 50% leu het
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If you pair a 50% leu het with a normal the babies will be 25% leu hets. Which means they have a 25% possibility of carrying the leu gene.
If you paired your 50% leu het with a 100% leu het or a leu and they had a leu baby then you would have proved out your 50% leu het to a 100% leu het. Because they produced a leu you now know they carry the leu gene. If they never had a leu baby then the 50% het does not carry the gene.
If pairing two 50% leu hets together you might not be able to prove one or the other out ever. If one doesn't carry the gene you will never get a leu baby. The only way is if they happen to both carry the leu gene. If they did then they would be considered 100% hets now.
Hop that sort of made sence.
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Re: 50% leu het
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10/22/08 08:12 PM
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The last don't really make sense to me.
so if I have a pair of 50% leu het and somehow they have a white baby, does that mean I've proved them (the male and female) to be 100%?
or they just have normal babies would that mean the babies are 50% leu het or none?
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Re: 50% leu het
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10/22/08 08:21 PM
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so if I have a pair of 50% leu het and somehow they have a white baby, does that mean I've proved them (the male and female) to be 100%? Yes, if they throw a white baby, you would have proven them both
or they just have normal babies would that mean the babies are 50% leu het or none?
That would mean that either one or the other does not carry the gene or that both do not carry the gene. Paula
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Re: 50% leu het
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10/22/08 08:25 PM
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so if I have a pair of 50% leu het and somehow they have a white baby, does that mean I've proved them (the male and female) to be 100%?
That is right. If they had a leu baby you would have proved them both out. Both gliders must carry the gene to have a leu baby. If they never had a leu baby, I think the babies would still be considered 25% possible leu hets, maybe even a little more of a percentage, like 33%. Not exactly sure on that one.
Jason and Kristin Karadeema
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Re: 50% leu het
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ok. I get it now thanks. lol
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Re: 50% leu het
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10/22/08 08:37 PM
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If they never had a leu baby, I think the babies would still be considered 25% possible leu hets, maybe even a little more of a percentage, like 33%. Not exactly sure on that one. In that situation, the babies would be considered 25% hets. Although both 50% hets would have to be hets to produce white, NOT producing white does not disprove both parents. One parent may still be carrying and possibly passing down the gene.
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Re: 50% leu het
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10/22/08 08:45 PM
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What if I mix a 50% leu het with a cinnie?
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