Can a het have a 66% chance of passing on a recessive gene? I thought they either have a 50% chance of passing on a recessive gene as with a het, or a 100% chance of passing on a recessive gene as with an Albino.
No, the end of the day it's ether a het, or it isn't.
The % only states the likeliness of an unproven animal being a het.
If a 66% het breeds and has visuals it is therefore a het.
If a 66% het breeds and has no visuals then it is a normal (certain variables apply).
Hope that helps.
i'm a big fat noob here, but after a quick reading of this i undertand it as
a 66% het, just means there is a 66% chance it carries the recessive gene. So if for example you breed a 66%het with a pure albino, and you get 50% albino offspring, then it is proven your 66% actually carries the gene so it is really a 100%
if you get no albinos from the pairing, then your 66% het does not have the gene, so it is fact a big fat 0% het. Some of the offspring would be het????
Am i close or way off the mark?
exactly