A. percula genetics

[ndnreefer]

So I have been reading a lot of different threads about people's experience with breeding clowns, particularly true percs, and have seen quite a few people breeding extreme Picassos and platinum or mixing and matching with resulting babies being Picasso, platinum and normal percs.
So my questions is, I have two ORA true perculas that I recently purchased and they seem to have slightly exaggerated bars (not much) and each has an sideburn extension on one side.
Is it possible these where offspring from a Picasso or platinum line?
Is it logical to think this pair could have a mix of normal and Picasso?

William

 

[OrionN]

Platinum are extreme Picasso. If one breed two Picasso, some of the offspring will be platinum, some Picasso of various degree and some regular with various degree of mis-bar. If you only have slight exaggerated bars, the chance of you getting platinum from them is very rare. I think there are multiple genes that regulate the amount of white, not as simple as one gene. Enviromental factors also come into play also.

One thing I can observe is that all the facial deformity of Platinum clowns are essentially the same. I am thinking that some of the gene that regulate white also regulate the facial structure.

 

[ndnreefer]

gotcha, never really expected to get a platinum from the pair but thought I might get a few Picasso mixes in the group. I never thought about the misbars either.

Thanks for the info.