FAQ: What is the outcome from Opaline AquaBlue2 x opaline AquaBlue2 and can we breed an ‘homozygote aqua-blue2’ from this combination?
Answer:
The outcome from Opaline AquaBlue2 x opaline AquaBlue2 gives in theory
25% probability of opaline aqua
50% probability of opaline AquaBlue2
25% probability of opaline blue2
A homozygote aqua-blue2 is not possible in this combination, because we first need a crossing-over that combines aqua and blue2 on the same chromosome. And even if this crossing-over happens in this combination, the youngster is (split) heterozygote for aqua-blue2. Later, the combination of two heterozygotes for aqua-blue2 will gives us homozygote aqua-blue2.