We all have seen Balto 2 right? Well just in case you hadn't, a picture of Balto's pups include three blue eyed pups (Aleu included) and three brown eyed pups:
GENETICS!!!
We also know Balto's wolf mother, Aniu has brown eyes. Balto had to be carrying a gene for blue eyes since his pups have them so Balto's father had to have at least one or two blue eyes. The reason that Balto has brown eyes is because blue eyes are extremely rare in wolves and are ressesive, so Balto would have needed both blue genes to be blue eyed. Jenna has brown eyes, so she must be a carrier for the blue gene as well, concluding that both or one of her parents had blue eyes or they were both carriers too.
Here's some gene visual help:
dominent-BB (brown eyes)
carrier- Bb (has brown eyes/ one brown eye but can produce blue eyed pups)
recessive- bb (blue eyes)
Aniu Balto's Dad Jenna's Parents
BB bb or Bb BBxbb or BbxBb
Balto Jenna blue eyed pups brown eyed pups
Bb Bb bb BB or Bb
I'll sum it up too:
-two bb dogs can only have blue eyed pups
-two BB dogs can only have brown eyed pups
-two Bb dogs would create one BB pup, two Bb pups and one blue eyed pup
-bb dogs don't carry gene for brown
-BB dogs don't carry gene for blue
-only Bb and bb can have blue eyed pups
And there you have it!!!
I hope this was better then my last article even though I'm sure this was boring!!!!!:)
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Well, cool science lesson! Good job!
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well really it jsut depends on the pups dominate gene, wolfves are
not known for blue eyes and few if any have them. Jenna however was a
husky so it wouldn't be uncomon for hey pups to have blues. It dosent
really matter about the parents, I had a pup once who both parents had
brown eyes, but they turned out with bright blue, si it jsut depends
on the pup dominate gene, but good article.
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Southpaw- like i said in my article, two Bb dogs (meaning both have
brown eyes) can have a blue eyed pup, so your pup's parents were
probably both carriers... just because they both have brown eyes doesnt mean they arent carriers
wolf paws- glad you liked
it!!
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Good job explaining the genes! I was never good at learning this
kinda stuff...so this article really helped me. XP
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Ok I think I understand what you are saying, either way, I liked your
article, it was great!
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that was a good article but the animaters probably were not thinking
about little things about eye color...
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nice job!
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Well, I think huskies naturally can have blue eyes. It's in there
blood.
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blue eyes are in husky's blood: blood is made of cells, cells have
dna, dna has genes... but almost all huskies carry a blue gene so it
isnt insanely ressesive like an albino or deformities...
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I think you people are over-thinking a cartoon here. None of the
writers, animators, artists or other production staff used Punnett
squares or dominance/recessive codes in their character development.
At all. They were just creating cartoon characters.
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Calm down and ease up on the punctuation. Sheesh.
No wonder there are so many problems on Balto Source.
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ShaeDi, November 03, 2008 at 01: 37
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great article! and now people can understand why they have blue eyes.
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