Various Neos, 2017 in Review

[Hakumin]

Originally Posted by camille1585

...So the 3 spur trait and color trait are recessive apparently. Based on the frequencies you give of the different types, it sounds like a good example of dihybrid Mendelian laws of inheritance, with probable linkage between the traits (inherited together, so the genes are on the same chromosome), which is why the rate of colored + 3 spurred is so low. If they were inherited independently of one another they could expect around 6% colored + 3 spurred. 0.1% means that the 2 genes are very, very close to each other on the chromosome, making it exceedingly difficult to breed. Hats off to them for having the patience to do that!

I'm not sure about mendelian laws of inheritance when it comes to three spurs. The breeder was also telling me that Manjushage will give three spurs to about 5-10% of the offspring regardless of whether it's crossed with a normal shaped flower plant, selfed, or crossed with another manjushage....If i remember correctly, a recessive trait, when selfed, should result in a much higher percentage, if not 100%, of the offspring with the recessive trait, no?