Genetics of Dark-Eyed ClearGenetics of Dark-Eyed ClearSummary:
Clearflight Pied - dominant
Normal - recessive
Recessive Pied - recessive
Normal - dominant
The dark-eyed clear variety is actually the result of the combination of two independent varieties: clearflight pied and recessive pied. Both the clearflight trait and recessive pied trait must be present in a budgie for it to be a dark-eyed clear. The clearflight pied gene is dominant, therefore a budgie with at least one clearflight gene will express the clearflight trait. The recessive pied gene is recessive, therefore a budgie must have two recessive pied genes to express the recessive pied trait. Here, we will represent the clearflight pied gene as "P" and the corresponding normal gene as "p". The recessive pied gene will be represented by "r" and the corresponding normal gene as "R". It is possible to determine what certain pairings will produce with respect to dark-eyed clears by learning the inheritance patterns of clearflight and recessive pied. However, since the dark-eyed clear is an intriguing variety that breeders may wish to try their hand at, below are some punnet square examples of pairings. Note: S-F is short for single-factor, D-F is short for double-factor, rec. stands for recessive, and DEC stands for dark-eyed clear.
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A s-f clearflight pied budgie and a recessive pied budgie
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A s-f clearflight pied split for rec. pied budgie and a recessive pied budgie
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Two s-f clearflight pied budgies, both split for rec. pied
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A d-f clearflight pied budgie split for rec. pied and a recessive pied budgie
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A dark-eyed clear budgie (with s-f clearflight) and a recessive pied budgie
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A dark-eyed clear budgie (with s-f clearflight) and a s-f clearflight budgie split for recessive pied
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Two dark-eyed clear budgies (with s-f clearflight)
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