In the pairing Champagne x Pied, will every champagne offspring throw extreme ringers or nah? Adding a single gene cinnamon to the pairing increases the chance of offsprings throw extreme ringers? Does a single gene champagne parent having an extreme ringer increase the chance that its offsprings inherit extreme ringers or is it just completely random?
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Genetics is not a thing of absolutes. You are looking at stochastic behaviours when looking at how different mutations interact with one another. Historically, het Pied has shown a very high chance of causing a Champ to be a ringer but it is not a 100% guarantee
The tendency of Cinny to throw ringers does tend to have a synergy when added to het Pied and Champ, but again, stochasticity means things will never be absolutely determined
Because ringers are a stochastic event to begin with, the expression level of a ringer is likewise stochastic. The presence, or absence, of a ringer does not dictate how likely it is for offspring to have a ringer
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As Travis said, it’s not guaranteed. The same thing can happen with the expression on the mutations as well.
A high expression mojave has a tendency to also throw high expression offspring. There can always be a lower expression pop up every now and then.
Champagne in general has a tendency to throw ringers. The het pied can make them larger, but not guaranteed. I’ve had a couple het pied cinnys that didn’t have a ringer, so it’s difficult to say if that is also going to affect the champ ringer. Line breeding is probably the only way to really see the most consistent result.
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