Hey guys, I am considering attaining a breeding pair (not anytime soon, probably not for another year or so) and had a quick questions about color genetics.

The pair I would ideally like to get is a Leu/100% plat het x Plat/100% Leu het...
The way I understand genetics as of now is the potential offspring would be
Lue 100% Plat het
Plat 100% Lue het
or Standard grey and 100% double het for Lue and Plat

Is this correct? If now could someone list the possible offspring color/genetics and explain it a bit more to me? It's the het part that always thows me off. Thanks in advanced!

I hope someone knows lol...I'm curious also...

Resa

I never understood genetics lol even with the punnet squares LOL

You should probably contact some experienced breeders with this question for a more comprehensive answer.

I am not sure that there is a single gene in play when it comes to the platinum coloration as it can be seen in gliders with other characteristics like white face or mosaic - which are both dominant genetic traits. If the glider carries the white face or mosaic gene - they show the characteristic.

The leucistic gene is recessive. A lecustic glider has 2 copies of the gene and would pass one to each of its offspring.

Breeding two gliders that are 100% Leu het (carrying 1 leu and 1 normal gene) could result in a Leu joey (receives leu gene from both parents) or a normal color joey (receives 1 or no leu gene from each parent. Some of those normal appearing joeys would be 100% leu het - which could only be proved by breeding to a leu or leu het and producing a leu joey. Some of the normal appearing joeys would have NO leu gene at all.

The percentages refer to the probability that the glider carries the gene. Carrying the gene does not guarantee that it will pass it on to any given joey.

100% het - has the gene but may or may not pass it to any given joey.
50% het - may or may not actually carry the gene.
25% het - may or may not carry the gene, less likely than a 50% het

If a glider that has any percentage leu het produces a leu joey - then you know it is 100% het regardless of its previous percentage.

Thanks Candy. Do you know any breeder that would be willing to talk about this kind of thing more in depth?

Priscilla Price breeds many of the color gliders, you can contact her through her web site http://www.thepetglider.com/


Peggy Brewer might also be able to give you more details on breeding colors. You can contact her at critterlove@critterlove.com

Leu and Plat can also work together so it can be a bit tricky. There was a good explanation on Facebook recently about how there can be gliders who are hets for both plat and leu instead of them working together... The glider nursery/shelly has some really good info on breeding hets/COIS, etc. that might also help you.

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Originally posted by petluv15

Leu and Plat can also work together so it can be a bit tricky. There was a good explanation on Facebook recently about how there can be gliders who are hets for both plat and leu instead of them working together... The glider nursery/shelly has some really good info on breeding hets/COIS, etc. that might also help you.

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Do you have a link where I might be able to email her? I would really appreciate it!

http://glidernursery.webs.com/breeding.htm