Do misbars beget misbars?

[ryan115]

I have a pair of misbarred black occelaris. If they were to lay eggs, and I were to raise them, would they all be misbars. Or is misbarring a dominant allele that would only show in some of the F1 generation?

 

[JHardman]

Re: Do misbars beget misbars?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8661205#post8661205 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ryan115
I have a pair of misbarred black occelaris. If they were to lay eggs, and I were to raise them, would they all be misbars. Or is misbarring a dominant allele that would only show in some of the F1 generation?

You are very unlikely to get solid numbers/answers on this one. The only place that has done much work in this area is ORA, at least that I am aware of. Frankly assuming they did document their work, they are unlikely to release the information publicly.

I can tell you this... There is most definitely a genetic component to misbarring. Examples in the industry prove this, as you will find at three variants/flavors or what ever you want to call them that are a result of selective breeding for barring.

Just to toss some more confusion on the fire as it were... A pair of mis barred parents can produce an abnormally high number of misbars and similarly a pair of misbarred parents can spawn an abnormally high number of normally barred offspring and visa versa.

Also keep in mind that there are other factors that can have a strong effect on the development of bars, and can skew prospection of the results of breeding. Things like food and water quality, water conditions, injury, etc, etc.

 

[ryan115]

so if we throw out other sources of misbares, then the trait would have to be a dominant allele (or group of alleles) in order for the trait to be passed on to some but not all. Just wondering if anyone knew the story. Thanks for the help.