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Thank you all so much for your answers and help :-) We are going to go with the short answer of recessive, and then give the example that Steve has written and with any luck it will be accepted and be okay. I can understand that they probably word certain things in a way that I guess is meant to try to make the person applying show that they have done the research, but in all honesty if it were me I probably would have given up by now! I just wish that they could at least give you better worded questions, and maybe a more comprehensive education booklet, but oh well we will just see how we go :-) Thank you all so much again I really appreciate all the help you've given me :-) Cheers Nel

Nope no questions that lead into it. The first question is complete the following …….. begets LIKE and then ……… begets QUALITY. Then that stupid question and then which factors suppress the expression of recessive factors? Then three pretty easy yes/no questions. Hence the total complete confusion. My boy's breeder said pretty much the same, it sounds like a basic broad question in relation to 'recessive' factors. Thanks for your help so far guys it may just be a case where she's just going to have to answer it with a simple sort of genetic case study like Spotted Devil did.

Which genes can appear in visible form in each second generation? Thats the exact question as written in the exam book :-) Thanks so much for your help Spotted Devil I never knew there was so much involved in genetics!

Hi Guys and thanks for the replies :-) Scottsmum, yes I have emailed my dog's breeder as well, I am just waiting for a reply :-) Thank you The Spotted Devil, I thought it must be something like that, a simple recessive trait unfortunately the genetics side of things is definitely NOT my strong suit. I have checked my boys side, he is clear so XX both his sire and dam are also clear XX and also their parents are clear also, so he is clear by parentage. My friend's bitch is DNA clear XX, her dam is also clear XX BUT her sire is a carrier of EIC so Xx. This is what confuses me because I figure if we mate these 2 technically all pups would be XX or clear too because mum and dad are clear HOWEVER because mum's sire is a carrier of EIC could this be what they mean? She dna's clear but can pass on the EIC from her sire to her pups? I'm so confused. I really appreciate all of the replies guys thanks :-)

Hi Firstly I'm fairly new here so hello to everyone :-) I as my name states currently have 2 labs, a 3yo choccie and a 11m/old black. I am currently helping a friend of mine who is registering for a prefix (WA) as she is contemplating breeding her girl with my choc boy. We have already undergone the process of having hips and elbows scored - both had what I consider to be fairly decent scores (2:1 for my boy 2:2 for her girl) - and we have done our DNA screening all clear for both and had eyes checked also. Eyes were done prior to the DNA testing both dogs are clear on all diseases. I did already know that my boy was clear by parentage as I am in regular contact with his breeder, but wanted to have it done as over here in WA our Dog body wants copies on record. So my question is - we are both stuck stumped on a question within the genetics section. Which genes can appear in visible form in each second generation? From what I've read and can make out is that each the dog and the bitch passes on one gene to their offspring to make it a whole, affecting genetic conditions such as EIC PRA etc, colour, body structure etc, but I'm really unsure of this question. I was wondering if anyone on here would have a link to information that I could read that might make more sense, unfortunately the information given in the breeders course education book is very very basic. Thanks in advance :-) Nel